Data Instruments & Theory – a Dialectical Approach To Understanding Science (Princeton Legacy Library) - Hardcover

Ackerman, R J

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691072965 ISBN 13: 9780691072968

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1992

Synopsis

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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Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691072965
• ISBN 13: 9780691072968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 228