Can Theories be Refuted?: Essays on the Duhem-Quine Thesis: 81 (Synthese Library)

by SandraHarding (Editor)

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  1975

  $301.59

  According to a view assumed by many scientists and philosophers of science and standardly found in science textbooks, it is controlled ex- perience which provides the basis for distinguishing between acceptable and unacceptable theories in science: acceptable theories are those which can pass empirical tests.