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" Beyond positivism and relativism : "
Larry Laudan.
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981352
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b735722
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Laudan, Larry.
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Beyond positivism and relativism : : theory, method, and evidence /\ Larry Laudan.
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Boulder, CO :: Westview Press,, ©1996.
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ix, 277 pages ;; 24 cm
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0813324688
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: 0813324696
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: 9780813324685
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: 9780813324692
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-272) and index.
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1. "The Sins of the Fathers ... ": Positivist Origins of Postpositivist Relativisms -- 2. Demystifying Underdetermination -- 3. Empirical Equivalence and Underdetermination / Larry Laudan and Jarrett Leplin -- 4. A Problem-Solving Approach to Scientific Progress -- 5. For Method: Answering the Relativist Critique of Methodology of Kuhn and Feyerabend -- 6. Reconciling Progress and Loss -- 7. Progress or Rationality? The Prospects for Normative Naturalism -- 8. The Rational Weight of the Scientific Past: Forging Fundamental Change in a Conservative Discipline -- 9. Normative Naturalism: Replies to Friendly Critics -- 10. The Pseudo-Science of Science? -- 11. The Demise of the Demarcation Problem -- 12. Science at the Bar -- Causes for Concern -- 13. Dominance and the Disunity of Method: Solving the Problems of Innovation and Consensus / Larry Laudan and Rachel Laudan.
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Positivism.
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Science-- Methodology.
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Science-- Philosophy.
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Naturwissenschaften
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Philosophie
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Positivism.
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Positivism.
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Positivismus
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Relativismus
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Science-- Methodology.
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Science-- Methodology.
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Science-- Philosophy.
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Science-- Philosophy.
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Sociologie des sciences.
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Positivisme.
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Relativisme.
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501
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Q175.L2938 1996
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08.35bcl
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5,1ssgn
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CC 3200rvk
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