Theories of Scientific Method

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An up-to-date and thorough introduction to the idea of scientific method.

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The idea of methodology
What is this thing called scientific method?	p. 12
Theoretical values in science	p. 32
Rules and principles of method	p. 57
Metamethodology	p. 80
Inductive and hypothetico-deductive methods
Induction in science	p. 106
Some justifications of induction	p. 143
The hypothetico-deductive method	p. 170
Probability and scientific method
Probability, Bayesianism and methodology	p. 186
Bayesianism: applications and problems	p. 220
Popper and his rivals
Popper, Lakatos and scientific method	p. 252
Kuhn and Feyerabend	p. 285
Naturalism, pragmatism, realism and methodology
Naturalism, pragmatism and method	p. 312
Scientific realism and methodology	p. 337
Epilogue	p. 351
Notes	p. 355
Bibliography	p. 367
Index	p. 375
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