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The logic of scientific discovery (Record no. 96160)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0091117216
060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER
Classification number Q 158
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Personal author Popper, Karl R.
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Title The logic of scientific discovery
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Edition statement 11th rev. ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Place of publication London
Publisher Hutchinson & co,
Date 1983
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Physical description 478p
505 ## - CONTENTS
Contents Pt. I. Introduction to the Logic of Science. 1. A Survey of Some Fundamental Problems. 2. On the Problem of a Theory of Scientific Method -- Pt. II. Some Structural Components of a Theory of Experience. 3. Theories. 4. Falsifiability. 5. The Problem of the Empirical Basis. 6. Degrees of Testability. 7. Simplicity. 8. Probability. 9. Some Observations on Quantum Theory. 10. Corroboration, or How a Theory Stands up to Tests. App. i. Definition of the Dimension of a Theory -- App. ii. The General Calculus of Frequency in Finite Classes -- App. iii. Derivation of the First Form of the Binomial Formula -- App. iv. A Method of Constructing Models of Random Sequences -- App. v. Examination of an Objection. The Two-Slit Experiment -- App. vi. Concerning a Non-Predictive Procedure of Measuring -- App. vii. Remarks Concerning an Imaginary Experiment -- New Appendices. i. Two Notes on Induction and Demarcation, 1933-1934. ii. A Note on Probability, 1938. iii. On the Heuristic Use of the Classical Definition of Probability. iv. The Formal Theory of Probability. v. Derivations in the Formal Theory of Probability. vi. On Objective Disorder or Randomness. vii. Zero Probability and the Fine-Structure of Probability and of Content. viii. Content, Simplicity, and Dimension. ix. Corroboration, the Weight of Evidence, and Statistical Tests. x. Universals, Dispositions, and Natural or Physical Necessity. xi. On the Use and Misuse of Imaginary Experiments, Especially in Quantum Theory. xii. The Experiment of Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen. A Letter from Albert Einstein, 1935.
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Abstract Described by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of 'great originality and power', this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge. Ideas such as the now legendary doctrine of 'falsificationism' electrified the scientific community, influencing even working scientists, as well as post-war philosophy. This astonishing work ranks alongside The Open Society and Its Enemies as one of Popper's most enduring books and contains insights and arguments that demand to be read to this day.
650 #4 - SUBJECT HEADINGS
Subject term Science
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650 #4 - SUBJECT HEADINGS
Subject term Philosophy
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