Theories of Scientific Progress: An Introduction

by John Losee

Book Overview

What is the nature of scientific progress and what makes it possible? When we look back at the scientific theories of the past and compare them to the state of science today, there seems little doubt that we have made progress. But is it a continuous process which gradually incorporates past successes into present theories, or are entrenched theories overthrown by superior competitors in a revolutionary manner?
Theories of Scientific Progress...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415320674
• ISBN13: 9780415320672
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.1"