The Laws of Scientific Change
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book systematically creates a general descriptive theory of scientific change that explains the mechanics of changes in both scientific theories and the methods of their assessment. It was once believed that, while scientific theories change through...
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This book systematically creates a general descriptive theory of scientific change that explains the mechanics of changes in both scientific theories and the methods of their assessment. It was once believed that, while scientific theories change through time, their change itself is governed by a fixed method of science. Nowadays we know that there is no such thing as an unchangeable method of science; the criteria employed by scientists in theory evaluation also change through time. But if that is so, how and why do theories and methods change? Are there any general laws that govern this process, or is the choice of theories and methods completely arbitrary and random?Contrary to the widespread opinion, the book argues that scientific change is indeed a law-governed process and that there can be a general descriptive theory of scientific change. It does so by first presenting meta-theoretical issues, divided into chapters on the scope, possibility and assessment of theory of scientific change. It then builds a theory about the general laws that govern the process of scientific change, and goes into detail about the axioms and theorems of the theory.
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Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART I: METATHEORY.- Chapter 1: Scope.- Chapter 2: Possibility.- Chapter 3: Assessment.- PART II: THEORY.- Chapter 4: Axioms.- Chapter 5: Theorems.- Conclusion.- Appendix: Some Open Questions.- Bibliography.- Legend. Autoren-Porträt von Hakob Barseghyan
Hakob Barseghyan is professor of the history and philosophy of science at the University of Toronto. Hakob laid the foundations of the general descriptive theory of scientific change
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Hakob Barseghyan
- 2016, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015, XVI, 275 Seiten, 63 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 15,5 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3319367862
- ISBN-13: 9783319367866
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Englisch
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