Chapter ID: CBB000035264

How to defend a theory without testing it: Niels Bohr and the “logic of pursuit” (1993)

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Achinstein, Peter (Author)


Pages: 90-120
Publication date: 1993


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Authors & Contributors
Brock, Steen
Buchheim, Wolfgang
Chevalley, Catherine
Costa de Beauregard, Olivier
Daniel, Wojciech
Darrigol, Olivier
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Annalen der Physik
British Journal for the History of Science
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Bulletin de la Société Française de Philosophieface-à-face
Publishers
Akademie-Verlag
Carocci Editore
Logos
Oxford University Press
California Institute of Integral Studies
Concepts
Quantum mechanics
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Philosophy of science
Physics
Theoretical physics
Mathematics
People
Bohr, Niels Henrik David
Einstein, Albert
Planck, Max
Bohm, David Joseph
Feyerabend, Paul K.
Hankel, Hermann
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
Modern
Institutions
Solvay Conferences
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