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Science and Scepticism
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John W.N. Watkins
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1984
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This book contains important technical innovations, including comparative measures for the testable content, depth, and unity of scientific theories.
Originally published in 1984.
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Keywords for this book
Hypothesis; Probability; Skepticism; Requirement; Explanation; Inference; Axiom; Probabilism; Prediction; Verisimilitude; Scientific theory; Instance (computer science); Inductive reasoning; David Hume; Theory; Premise; Circular reasoning; Transcendental arguments; Impenetrability; Problem of induction; Ad hominem; Reality; Free parameter; Infinite regress; Phenomenalism; Inductivism; Philosopher; Occam's razor; Reason; Falsity; Classical logic; Deductive-nomological model; Sensationalism; Pseudoscience; Truism; Mutual exclusivity; Dialectician; Pyrrhonism; Explanatory power; Persuasive definition; Received view; Tautology (rhetoric); Falsifiability; Modern physics; Fallibilism; Hilary Putnam; Holism; J. L. Austin; A priori probability; Logical reasoning; Rationality; Michael Polanyi; Pre-established harmony; Relativism; Ontology; Contradiction; Neutral monism; Begging the question; Testability; Posterior probability; Bayesian probability; Bayesian statistics; Phrenology; Deductive reasoning; Anti-realism; Paradox; Antireductionism; Possible world; Richard Jeffrey; Reductionism
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
