Method and Appraisal in the Physical Sciences by Colin Howson

Method and Appraisal in the Physical Sciences by Colin Howson

First published in 1976, this is a volume of studies on the problems of theory-appraisal in the physical sciences - how and why important theories are developed, changed and are replaced, and by what criteria we judge one theory an advance on another. The volume is introduced by a classic paper of Imre Lakatos's, which sets out a theory for tackling these problems - the methodology of scientific research programmes. Five contributors then test this theory against particular and celebrated case-studies in the history of the physical sciences (particularly in the nineteenth century). The volume ends with a characteristically forceful and original critique of the whole enterprise by Paul Feyerabend. the book is a companion volume to Method and Appraisal in Economics. Both are natural sequels to Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge and attempt to work out in particular cases the implications of some of the theories presented in that book.

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ISBN 13	9780521211109
ISBN 10	0521211107
Title	Method and Appraisal in the Physical Sciences
Author	Colin Howson
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1976-09-02
Number of pages	351
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