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Physicists think they have discovered the top quark. Biologists believe in evolution. But what precisely constitutes evidence for such claims, and why? Scientists often disagree about the extent to which evidence counts in favor of a theory because they are operating with different concepts of scientific evidence. Peter Achinstein has gathered prominent philosophers and historians of science for critical and lively discussions of both general questions about the meaning of evidence and specific ones about evidence for particular scientific theories.
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- ISBN13 9780801881183
- ISBN10 0801881188
- Pàgines 286
- Any Edició 2005
- Fecha de publicación 01/01/2005
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Scientific evidence: philosophical theories and applications
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- Peter Achinstein
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- Johns Hopkins University Press (2005)
- 9780801881183



