Seeing Things
The Philosophy of Reliable Observation
In Seeing Things, Robert Hudson assesses a common way of arguing about observation reports called robustness reasoning. Robustness reasoning claims that an observation report is more likely to be true if the report is produced by multiple, independent sources. Seeing Things argues that robustness reasoning lacks the special value it is often claimed to have. Hudson exposes key flaws in various popular philosophical defenses of robustness reasoning. This philosophical critique of robustness is extended by recounting five episodes in the history of science (from experimental microbiology, atomic theory, astrophysics and astronomy) where robustn…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-930329-8
- EAN: 9780199303298
- Produktnummer: 16941188
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'852 KB
Über den Autor
Robert Hudson received his Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Science from the University of Western Ontario in 1992. He has taught at a number of universities throughout North America, and has been at the University of Saskatchewan since 2001. He works mainly in the areas of epistemology and the history and philosophy of science.
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