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Experience and Theory An Essay in the Philosophy of Science
By Stephan Korner
Copyright 1966
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Originally published in 1966. This volume analyzes the general structure of scientific theories, their relation to experience and to non-scientific thought. Part One is concerned with the logic underlying empirical discourse before its subjection to the various constraints, imposed by the logico-mathematical framework of scientific theories upon their content. Part Two is devoted to an... Read more
- Schemata of Empirical Differentiation. 2 Empirical Classes and Individuals. 3 Logic and Inexactness. 4 Empirical Continuity, Perceptual and Empirical . Predicates. 5 Empirical Generality. 6 Hypothetico-deductive Systems as Idealizations. 7 On the Mathematics of Discrete Individuals and Complexes. 8 On the Mathematics of Infinite Totalities. 9 On Probability and Statistics. 10 Quantitative Theories. 11 Idealization and the Unity of Substantive Theories. 12 The Harmony of Theory and Experience. 13 Mental Phenomena. 14 Choice. 15 On Some Assumptions of Extra-Scientific Thought
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