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The central theme running throughout this survey is the nature of the philosophical debate created by modern science's foundation in experimental and mathematical method. Key chapters critically discuss: Galileo's demonstrative method; Bacon's inductive method; and Newton's rules of reasoning; the rise of probabilistic ""Bayesian"" methods in the 18th-century; the method of hypotheses through the work of Herschel, Mill and Whewell; the conventionalist views of Poincare and Suhem; the inductivism of Peirce, Russell and Keynes; Popper's falsification compared with Reichenbach's enumerative induction; and Carnap's scientific method as Bayesian reasoning.

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Scientific Method is a stimulating introduction to the philosophy of science. In Gower's hands this is a wonderful way to come straight to the fundamental issues. -Michael Ruse, University of Guelph

Scientific Method is a stimulating introduction to the philosophy of science. In Gower's hands this is a wonderful way to come straight to the fundamental issues. <br>-Michael Ruse, University of Guelph <br>

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Barry Gower teaches Philosophy of Science at Durham University.

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