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Data, Instruments, and Theory: A Dialectical Approach to Understanding Science

By Robert John Ackermann

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
0691072965, 9780691072968
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6794930 bytes)
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Edition
Reprint
Pages
228\230
Time added
2018-01-29 17:05:42
History & Philosophy;Science & Math;Sociology;Abus

Description

Robert John Ackermann deals decisively with the problem of relativism that has plagued post-empiricist philosophy of science. Recognizing that theory and data are mediated by data domains (bordered data sets produced by scientific instruments), he argues that the use of instruments breaks the dependency of observation on theory and thus creates a reasoned basis for scientific objectivity. Originally published in 1985.

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