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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9780190615055 |
| ISBN 10 | 0190615052 |
| Author | Peter Achinstein |
| Book Format | Hardcover |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | Newton deplored speculation in science, Einstein reveled in it. What exactly are scientific speculations? Are they ever legitimate? Are they subject to constraints? This book defends a pragmatic approach to these issues and applies it to speculations |
| About the Author | Peter Achinstein who received his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard, is the author of seven influential books in the philosophy of science, including Particles and Waves: Historical Essays in the Philosophy of Science (OUP 1991), which received the Lakatos Award in 1993. A festschrift in his honor, Philosophy of Science Matters: The Philosophy of Peter Achinstein, was published by Oxford University Press in 2011. |
| Publication Date | 2018-12-03 |
| Number of Pages | 296 pages |
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