The Rationality of Science

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ISBN: 9780415058773 | 0415058775
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Copyright: 11/15/1981

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A clear, original and systematic introduction to philosophy of science which examines the theories of Popper, Lakatos, Kuhn and Feyerabend before proposing a new, temperate rationalist perspective.

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Acknowledgments	p. xi
The Rational Image	p. 1
Observation, Theory and Truth	p. 19
Popper-The Irrational Rationalist	p. 44
In Search of the Methodologist's Stone	p. 77
T.S.Kuhn: from Revolutionary to Social Democrat	p. 102
Feyerabend, the Passionate Liberal	p. 125
Theories Are Incommensurable?	p. 148
The Thesis of Verisimilitude	p. 183
Scientific Method	p. 208
Strong Programmes	p. 237
Temperate Rationalism	p. 266
Notes	p. 274
Bibliography	p. 282
Index	p. 289
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