The methodology of scientific research programmes scientific research programmes

Lakatos, Imre:

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1980

240 Seiten Fresh and clean copy in good condition. Contents: Introduction: Science and pseudoscience - 1 Falsification and the methodology of scientific research programmes - 1 Science: reason or religion? - 2 Fallibilism versus falsificationism ) - a Dogmatic (or naturalistic) falsificationism. The empirical basis - b Methodological falsificationism. The 'empirical basis' - c Sophisticated versus naive methodological falsificationism. - Progressive and degenerating problemshifts - 3 A methodology of scientific research programmes 4, - a Negative heuristic: the 'hard core' of the programme - b Positive heuristic: the construction of the 'protective belt' and the relative autonomy of theoretical science - c Two illustrations: Prout and Bohr - 1 Prout: a research programme progressing in an ocean of anomalies - 2 Bohr: a research programme progressing on inconsistent foundations - d A new look at crucial experiments: the end of instant rationality - 1 The Michelson-Morley experiment - 1 The Lummer-Pringsheim experiments -- 3 Beta-decay versus conservation laws - - 4 Conclusion. The requirement of continuous growth - 4 The Popperian versus the Kuhnian research programme - 2 History of science and its rational reconstructions - Introduction - 1 Rival methodologies of science; rational reconstructions as guides to history - a Inductivism loo - b Conventionalism IQC. - c Methodological falsificationism Iog - d Methodology of scientific research programmes - e Internal and external history - 2 Critical comparison of methodologies: history as a test of its rational reconstructions- a Falsificationism as a meta-criterion: history 'falsifies' falsificationism (and any other methodology) - b The methodology of historiographical research programmes. History - to varying degrees -corroborates its rational reconstructions - c Against aprioristic and anti-theoretical approaches to methodology - d Conclusion - 3 Popper on demarcation and induction - Introduction - 1 Popper on demarcation - a Popper's game of science - b How can one criticize the rules of the scientific game? - c A quasi-Polanyiite 'falsification' of Popper's demarcation criterion - d An amended demarcation criterion - e An amended meta-criterion - 2 Negative and positive solutions to the problem of induction: scepticism and fallibilism - a The game of science and the search for truth - b A plea to Popper for a whiff of 'inductivism' - 4 (with Elie Zahar) Why did Copernicus's research programme supersede Ptolemy's? - Introduction - 1 Empiricist accounts of the'Copernican Revolution' - 2 Simplicism - 3 Polyanyiite and Feyerabendian accounts of the Copernican revolution - 4 The Copernican revolution in the light of the methodology of scientific research programmes - 5 The Copernican revolution in the light of Zahar's new version of the methodology of scientific research programmes - 6 A postscript on history of science and its rational reconstructions - 5 Newton's effect on scientific standards - 1 The justificationist high road to psychologism and mysticism - a Justificationism and its two poles: dogmatism and scepticism - b Psychologistic justificationism - c Justificationist fallibilism - 2 Newtonian methodology versus Newtonian method - a Newton's problem: the clash between standards and acheivements - b Newtonians against metaphysical criticism 2- c Newton's idea of experimental proof and its credo quid absurdum - d Newtonians and factual criticism - e Newton's double legacy Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 270. Seller Inventory # 1268446

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Title: The methodology of scientific research ...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1980
Binding: , Softcover/Paperback
Condition: Sehr gut
Edition: Philosophical Papers Volume I.