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Understanding scientific progress

Nicholas Maxwell

Theory Reduction Philosophie Des Sciences Philosophy

"Written for students of philosophy of science, the author describes why modern philosophy has been unable to explain scientific progress satisfactorily and develops the concept of aim-oriented empiricism to explain philosophical problems like induction and verisimilitude, which strict logicians cannot solve"--

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