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" Is Science Progressive? "
Jaakko Hintikka
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737300
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b557168
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Jaakko Hintikka
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Is Science Progressive?\ Jaakko Hintikka
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1984
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9401719780
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: 9789401719780
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1. The Nature of Science.- 2. How is Philosophy Possible as a Science?.- 3. Notes on Popper as Follower of Whewell and Peirce.- 4. The Evolution of Knowledge.- 5. Scientific Progress.- 6. The Growth of Theories: Comments on the Structuralist Approach.- 7. Truthlikeness, Realism, and Progressive Theory-Change.- 8. The Growth of Knowledge in Mathematics.- 9. Realism, Worldmaking, and the Social Sciences.- 10. Finalization, Applied Science, and Science Policy.- 11. Paradigms and Problem-Solving in Operations Research.- 12. Remarks on Technological Progress.- Index of Names.
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Donald Davidson
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Gabriël Nuchelmans
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Jaakko Hintikka
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