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Author:   Norwood Russell Hanson ,  Matthew D. Lund
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2018
Volume:   389
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.557kg
ISBN:  

9783030099084

ISBN 10:   3030099083
Pages:   339
Publication Date:   22 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- Part 1. Provocations and Restraints: 1. On Philosophizing—and Some Logical Distinctions.- 2. Defining Conceptual Boundaries.- 3. Measuring and Counting: More Boundaries.- Part 2. The Act of Scientific Seeing: 4. There Is More to Seeing than Meets the Eye.- 5. Seeing the Same Thing.- 6. Seeing and Seeing As.- 7. Seeing As and Seeing That.- 8. Seeing, Saying, and Knowing.- 9. Spectacles behind the Eyes.- 10. Can We See Facts?.- 11. Facts and Seeing That.- Part 3. Perplexity: the Process of Experimental Research: 12. Waves, Particles, and Facts.- 13. Hypotheses Facta Fingunt.- 14. Scientific Simplicity and Crucial Experiments.- 15. The Systematic Side of Science.- 16. Discovering Causes and Becauses.- 17. What Happens as a Rule.- 18. Theory-Laden Language.- 19. The Scientists’ Toolbox.- 20. Laws, Truths, and Hypotheses.- 21. Principles as Platitudes.- Part 4. Probability and Probable Reasoning in Science.- 22. Frequencies and the Mathematics of Probability.- 23. Using and Interpreting the Probability Calculus.- 24. Elements of Statistical Technique.- 25. The Principle of Uniformity Revisited.- Editor’s Epilogue.- Index.

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