Patterns of Discovery: An Inquiry into the Conceptual Foundations of Science

by Norwood Russell Hanson

• ISBN13: 9780521092616
• ISBN10: 0521092612
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1958-01-01
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Philosophers of science have given considerable attention to the logic of completed scientific systems; Professor Hanson turns to an equally important but comparatively neglected subject, the philosophical aspects of research and discovery. He shows that there is a logical pattern in finding theories as much as in using established theories to make deductions and predictions, and he sets out the features of this pattern with the help of striking examples in the history of science.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Observation

Facts

Causality

Theories

Classical particle physics

Elementary particle physics

Appendices

Notes

Index

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