Flawed assumptions, robust evidence : on the role of theoretical presuppositions in grounding empirical evidence in science
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- A number of perennial issues in philosophy of science, including underdetermination and the rationality of theory change, hinge on the provisional or "local" character of scientific knowledge. I investigate the role of the theoretical presuppositions that ground good empirical evidence in two historical cases: Newton's Principia and Cecilia Payne's landmark 1925 dissertation on stellar atmospheres. I show, in both cases, how provisionally adopted presuppositions were crucial to acquiring strong evidence and characterize the sort of justification that was available for them.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2018 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | King, Dustin |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Philosophy. |
| Primary advisor | Friedman, Michael, 1947- |
| Thesis advisor | Friedman, Michael, 1947- |
| Thesis advisor | Longino, Helen E |
| Thesis advisor | Ryckman, Thomas |
| Thesis advisor | Smith, George |
| Advisor | Longino, Helen E |
| Advisor | Ryckman, Thomas |
| Advisor | Smith, George |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Dustin King. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Philosophy. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2018. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2018 by Dustin Alex King
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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