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Scientific Explanation: A Study of the Function of Theory, Probability and Law in Science

Scientific Explanation: A Study of the Function of Theory, Probability and Law in Science Paperback / softback - 1968

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Author: R. B. Braithwaite
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Paperback / softback. New. Each science proceeds by inventing general principles from which are deduced the consequences to be tested by observation and experiment; the author shows how the implications of this process explain some of its more baffling features and resolves many of the difficulties that philosophers have found in them.

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Title Scientific Explanation: A Study of the Function of Theory, Probability and Law in Science
Author R. B. Braithwaite
Binding Paperback
Edition First Paperback
Condition New
Pages 392
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Cambridge University Press, London
Publication date 1968-05-01
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated
Bookseller's Inventory # B9780521094429
ISBN 9780521094429 / 0521094429
Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
Dimensions 8 x 5 x 0.87 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 2.21 cm)
Category Philosophy
Library of Congress subjects Science - Methodology
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 68102638
Dewey Decimal Code 501
Quantity available 10

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The primary purpose of this book is to examine the logical features common to all the sciences. Each science proceeds by inventing general principles from which are deduced the consequences to be tested by observation and experiment; the author shows how the implications of this process explain some of its more baffling features and resolves many of the difficulties that philosophers have found in them. His exposition is by way of detailed examples.

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