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Theories of scientific method, the Renaissance through the nineteenth century, by Ralph M. Blake, Curt J. Ducasse, and Edward H. Madden ; edited by Edward H. Madden

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Theories of scientific method, the Renaissance through the nineteenth century, by Ralph M. Blake, Curt J. Ducasse, and Edward H. Madden ; edited by Edward H. Madden

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-340) and index

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Theories of scientific method

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14528904

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by Ralph M. Blake, Curt J. Ducasse, and Edward H. Madden ; edited by Edward H. Madden

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the Renaissance through the nineteenth century

Table Of Contents

Natural science in the Renaissance -- Theory of hypothesis among Renaissance astronomers -- Francis Bacon's philosophy of science -- The role of experience in Descates' theory of method -- Thomas Hobbes and the rationalistic ideal -- Isaac Newton and the hypothetico-deductive method -- David Hume on causation -- John F.W. Herschel's methods of experimental inquiry -- William Whewell's philosophy of scientifc discovery -- John Stuart Mill's system of logic -- W.S. Jevons on induction and probablitity -- Charles Sanders Peirce's search for a method -- Chauncey Wright and the american functionalists

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