TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wright,John
TI  - Explaining Science's Success: Understanding How Scientific Knowledge Works
SN  - 9781317544890
AV  - Q175 .W788 2014 
U1  - 501 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Science - Methodology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1 Some surprising phenomena -- 2 Some unsatisfactory explanations of the phenomena -- 3 A defeasible a priori justification of induction -- 4 The independence of theory from data -- 5 Some more success-conducive properties of theories -- 6 Newton's laws of motion and law of gravitation -- 7 Special relativity -- 8 Mendelian genetics -- 9 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - An exploration into the nature of scientific knowledge and why it has proved so successful
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ER  -