TY - CHAP
T1 - Scientific Change
AU - Kosso, Peter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2011, Peter Kosso.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The history of science shows significant changes in theories describing nature, and scientists themselves will admit that their discipline is dynamic. If things keep changing, what reason is there to believe what’s on the books at the moment? The scientific method must include some persistent mechanism that allows for change but in a way that, at least in general, increases the chances that the results are true.
AB - The history of science shows significant changes in theories describing nature, and scientists themselves will admit that their discipline is dynamic. If things keep changing, what reason is there to believe what’s on the books at the moment? The scientific method must include some persistent mechanism that allows for change but in a way that, at least in general, increases the chances that the results are true.
KW - Paradigm
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U2 - 10.1007/978-94-007-1614-8_5
DO - 10.1007/978-94-007-1614-8_5
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85103699087
T3 - SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
SP - 25
EP - 30
BT - SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
ER -