Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. PART I: Aspects of Experimentation
5. 1. Introduction to Part I 13
6. 2. Calibration 27
7. 3. Intervention’s Role 32
8. 4. Intervention’s Goods 50
9. 5. Replication 64
10. 6. The Received View of Replication 71
11. 7. Hertz and Cathode Rays 78
12. 8. Replication as Contested 85
13. 9. Misleading Replication 99
14. 10. What Replication Is, Finally 105
15. 11. Replication without New Evidence 117
16. 12. The Replication “Crisis”: A Calibration Problem 123
17. 13. Conclusion to Part I 132
18. PART II: Information and Experimentation
19. 14. Introduction to Part II 137
20. 15. The Basic Features of Experiment 139
21. 16. Information 163
22. 17. Knowledge and the Flow of Information 172
23. 18. The Logic of Experimental Practice 195
24. 19. Moving On 204
25. PART III: Ways of Experimenting
26. 20. Introduction to Part III 213
27. 21. Laboratory and Natural Experimentation 218
28. 22. Analogical Experimenting 230
29. 23. Economic Analogues 239
30. 24. Cosmological Analogues 251
31. 25. Nonhuman Animal Analogues 265
32. 26. Analogical Experimentation Is Generic 277
33. 27. Simulation Experimenting 282
34. 28. Background for Thought Experiments 303
35. 29. Thought Experimental Knowledge 321
36. 30. Conclusion to Part III, and the Book 342
37. Acknowledgments 347
38. Bibliography 349
39. Index 357