Thesis ID: CBB000018197

The nature and role of scientific theories

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Description PhD thesis, Cambridge Univ. (UK). Supervisor: N. Jardine.


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Authors & Contributors
Brewer, William F.
Brown, Harold I.
Chinn, Clark A.
Elkana, Yehuda
Fargen, Gilbert B.
Feuer, Lewis S.
Journals
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association
Canadian Journal of Sociology
Eranos-Jahrbuch
Foundations of Science
Personalist: An International Review of Philosophy
Publishers
Vanderbilt University
Columbia University
Clarendon Press
Oxford University Press
Transaction
University of Western Ontario (Canada)
Concepts
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Science
People
Aristotle
Galilei, Galileo
Kant, Immanuel
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
Places
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
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