{"product_id":"scientific-explanation-a-study-of-the-function-of-theory-probability-and-law-in-science-paperback-9780521094429","title":"Scientific Explanation; A Study of the Function of Theory, Probability and Law in Science (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521094429","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eScientific Explanation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Study of the Function of Theory, Probability and Law in Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe primary purpose of this book is to examine the logical features common to all the sciences.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Bevan Braithwaite (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521094429, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 May 1968\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm, 0.74 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe primary purpose of this book is to examine the logical features common to all the sciences. Each science proceeds by inventing general principles from which are deduced the consequences to be tested by observation and experiment; the author shows how the implications of this process explain some of its more baffling features and resolves many of the difficulties that philosophers have found in them. His exposition is by way of detailed examples.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Scientific deductive systems and their representations\u003cbr\u003e 3. The status of the theoretical terms of a science\u003cbr\u003e 4. Models for scientific theories: their use and misuse\u003cbr\u003e 5. Statistical hypotheses, probability statements and class-ratio arithmetic\u003cbr\u003e 6. The meaning of probability statements within a scientific system\u003cbr\u003e 7. The choice between statistical hypotheses\u003cbr\u003e 8. The justification of induction\u003cbr\u003e 9. Laws of nature and causality\u003cbr\u003e 10. Causal and teleological explanation\u003cbr\u003e 11. Explanation of scientific laws\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004759003416,"sku":"9780521094429","price":34.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521094429i_9f8746ab-b3bb-4f71-8a21-6b340dff939e.jpg?v=1694970544","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/scientific-explanation-a-study-of-the-function-of-theory-probability-and-law-in-science-paperback-9780521094429","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}