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The Groundwork of Science a Study of Epistemology (Classic Reprint)

Author : St. George Mivart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330820056
Total Pages : 360 pages
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Download or read book The Groundwork of Science a Study of Epistemology (Classic Reprint) written by St. George Mivart and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Groundwork of Science a Study of Epistemology We have again and again been impressed by the ready disposition of men whose views and opinions are most opposed, to agree in accepting ascertain, things which are by no means evident, and in adopting conclusions as proved, which arc by no means the only consequences that follow from conceded premisses. Our great object, therefore, in this little volume, is to represent nothing as certain which does not appear to us to be really evident, and yet not to shrink from upholding as true whatever, in our judgment, possesses the highest conceivable evidence. It has been our constant care to be impartial and, above all, to allow no consideration not purely scientific - no anticipations as to possible consequences - to influence us in the conclusions which our judgment has led us to form. Our appeal throughout has been to the dry light of reason, and to that alone. Not so to act; to allow any kind of prejudice, any non-scientific consideration, to influence us in such a task as an endeavour to investigate the groundwork of science, would be both treason to science and a betrayal of the cause of philosophy. But it is possible that to some persons the title of this book may prove a rock of offence, namely, persons disposed to doubt whether its object can be by any possibility attainable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

GROUNDWORK OF SCIENCE A STUDY

Author : St George Jackson 1827-1900 Mivart
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781363197545
Total Pages : 360 pages
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Download or read book GROUNDWORK OF SCIENCE A STUDY written by St George Jackson 1827-1900 Mivart and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

On the Epistemology of Data Science

Author : Wolfgang Pietsch
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030864421
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book On the Epistemology of Data Science written by Wolfgang Pietsch and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-12-10 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses controversies concerning the epistemological foundations of data science: Is it a genuine science? Or is data science merely some inferior practice that can at best contribute to the scientific enterprise, but cannot stand on its own? The author proposes a coherent conceptual framework with which these questions can be rigorously addressed. Readers will discover a defense of inductivism and consideration of the arguments against it: an epistemology of data science more or less by definition has to be inductivist, given that data science starts with the data. As an alternative to enumerative approaches, the author endorses Federica Russo’s recent call for a variational rationale in inductive methodology. Chapters then address some of the key concepts of an inductivist methodology including causation, probability and analogy, before outlining an inductivist framework. The inductivist framework is shown to be adequate and useful for an analysis of the epistemological foundations of data science. The author points out that many aspects of the variational rationale are present in algorithms commonly used in data science. Introductions to algorithms and brief case studies of successful data science such as machine translation are included. Data science is located with reference to several crucial distinctions regarding different kinds of scientific practices, including between exploratory and theory-driven experimentation, and between phenomenological and theoretical science. Computer scientists, philosophers and data scientists of various disciplines will find this philosophical perspective and conceptual framework of great interest, especially as a starting point for further in-depth analysis of algorithms used in data science.

The Groundwork of Science

Author : St George Jackson Mivart
Publisher : General Books
ISBN 13 : 9781458918475
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book The Groundwork of Science written by St George Jackson Mivart and published by General Books. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1898 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. OBJECTS OF SCIENCE IN our enumeration of the principal sciences, as also in our initial chapter, we have taken S&t granted that the ordinary and spontaneous Judgments of mankind as to__ tne external world are true and valid. But before proceed-ing any further in our endeavour to apprehend the ground-work of our science, wrnust carefully consider the question as to its objects.' Ve must 'endeavour to attain as true a knowledge as possible concerning the nature of those things which science occupies itself about. The sciences of psychology and logic occupy themselves with the human mind, its powers and processes, its mental images, its feelings and emotions, its thoughts and infej. ences. But mechanics, astronomy, geology biology, etc.7" are commonly thought to bysy_. themselves _about things/ f which, -though we apprehend them by mental acts, truly! I exist independent of the mind, and form parts of a reallyS existing external world. V-iJow, of course, we can know nothing which we do not in some way perceive or indirectly gain information about by eye or ear or some sense organ, and everything we apprehend we apprehend as in various ways related to other things, as well as to our own mind. Every object, therefore, of which science can take cognisance, is only known to us through a variety of mental states which we term feelings, f reminiscences, inferences, or apprehensions, and amongst the latter are apprehensions of such object's relations: both its relations to other things and its relations within its own being--its external and internal relations. Every object, therefore, looked at as regards our apprehension of it--i. e., merely subjectively--may be said to consist of a plexus of such mental states or " states of consciousness." It i...

Epistemology

Author : Laurence BonJour
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742564190
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Epistemology written by Laurence BonJour and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume II of Alan Muir's trilogy GOLDEN GIRLS published before 1923. It may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification.

Theory and Reality

Author : Peter Godfrey-Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022677113X
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Theory and Reality written by Peter Godfrey-Smith and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-07-16 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is “really” like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In Theory and Reality, Peter Godfrey-Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of more than a hundred years of debate about science. The result is a completely accessible introduction to the main themes of the philosophy of science. Examples and asides engage the beginning student, a glossary of terms explains key concepts, and suggestions for further reading are included at the end of each chapter. Like no other text in this field, Theory and Reality combines a survey of recent history of the philosophy of science with current key debates that any beginning scholar or critical reader can follow. The second edition is thoroughly updated and expanded by the author with a new chapter on truth, simplicity, and models in science.

Our Knowledge of the External World

Author : Bertrand Russell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528278652
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book Our Knowledge of the External World written by Bertrand Russell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our Knowledge of the External World: As a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy Since my purpose was to illustrate method, I have included much that is tentative and incomplete, for it is not by the study of finished structures alone that the manner of construction can' be learnt. Except in regard to such matters as Cantor's theory of infinity, no finality is claimed for the theories suggested but I believe that where they are found to require modification, this will be discovered by substantially the same method as that which at present makes them appear probable, and it is on this ground that I ask the reader to be tolerant of their incompleteness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Foundations of Science

Author : William Cecil Dampier
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267625161
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book The Foundations of Science written by William Cecil Dampier and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Foundations of Science And, indeed, we are led back by psychology to approach logic, physics, and the other sciences we have traced, from a new standpoint. Psychology gives us insight into the theory of knowledge, and leads us critically to examine how it is that we know anything, either by logic or by the senses, or by that fertile union of thawo - which breeds science. Thus, by the road of psychology, we return once more to our starting-point, ready to study fundamental, logical, mechanical, and physical ideas from a. Critical point of view. We shall do well, then, to bend our spectrum round so that the violet theory of knowledge, which lies beyond the blue of psychology, shall be brought near to the purple of logic, where fundamental scientific10 the foundations OF science ideas take their rise and pass into the red of definite physics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Aim and Achievements of Scientific Method

Author : T. Percy Nunn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332735211
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Aim and Achievements of Scientific Method written by T. Percy Nunn and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Aim and Achievements of Scientific Method: An Epistemological Essay Recent psychology, recent logic, and recent speculation are at one in laying stress upon the solidarity between man's theoretical and practical activities. Without the impli cation of acceptance or rejection of the metaphysical con tentions of Pragmatism we may usefully fall in with the prevailing fashion in Thought so far as to replace the current static conception of Science as a body of truths by a dynamic conception of it as a definite pursuit. Such a conception of it is adopted in this essay. Science is here conceived as a definite secular conative process which may be distinguished in and traced through the conscious life of civilisation. Only when a scientific result is thus considered in connection with the whole conscious process of which it is the end can we hope (as Mach taught us long ago) to submit it to profitable criticism. Since some such criticism is aimed at in this paper, it follows that either an attempt must be made to characterise that process or some current characterisation must be adopted as satisfactory. As I do not know one which I can accept as altogether suitable for my purpose, the former alternative must be embraced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Scientific Method

Author : Frederic William Westaway
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260360069
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Scientific Method written by Frederic William Westaway and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-05 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Scientific Method: Its Philosophy and Its Practice In our larger national affairs also, there are hopeful signs of a more rational treatment, but there is a great need for the develop ment of the scientific study and impartial examination of all the complex factors, economic, social, political, and racial, involved in controversial problems which are sources of international friction. It is primarily from science that society must learn the scientific principles and methods of unravelling such problems and of reducing them to their elements; and the responsibility for constructive thought is one from which scientific workers cannot escape. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Science and Method (Classic Reprint)

Author : Henri Poincaré
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266217664
Total Pages : 294 pages
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Download or read book Science and Method (Classic Reprint) written by Henri Poincaré and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henri Poincare is one of the most famous mathematicians and scientists of the last 500 years. He was a polymath who excelled in theoretical physics, engineering, philosophy, and mathematics. Science and Method is Poincare's treatment of the philosophy of the scientific method. "If the scientist had an infinity of time at his disposal," He states, "It would be sufficient to say to him, 'Look, and look carefully.'" Since the scientist does not operate in infinity however, the author has written this textbook to assist in determining how best to proceed with scientific studies. The book is divided into five chapters that are interrelated and depend fairly heavily on one another. Topics covered include the selection of facts, mathematical discovery, the relativity of space, mathematics and logic, mechanics and radium, an examination of the Milky Way, and finally, French geodesy. Poincare concludes this book with a brief summary that highlights the overarching conclusions of the text. As a textbook and a resource guide, Science and Method is a great success. It is a highly readable treatment of the material, one that will appeal to those involved in all disciplines of science and mathematics. Henri Poincare writes with a clarity that is rarely found in the works of such accomplished academics. This is a definitive work on the subject from one of the true geniuses of our time. Science and Method is one of Poincare's most well read books, and with good reason. It is everything a good science book should be. Educational and illuminating, it still maintains a readability that few texts on the subject do. This book is highly recommended for anybody interested in furthering their knowledge of the scientific method. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology

Author : Paul K. Moser
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019020818X
Total Pages : 649 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology written by Paul K. Moser and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-10-27 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology contains 19 previously unpublished chapters by today's leading figures in the field. These chapters function not only as a survey of key areas, but as original scholarship on a range of vital topics. Written accessibly for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professional philosophers, the Handbook explains the main ideas and problems of contemporary epistemology while avoiding overly technical detail.

The Sphere of Science

Author : Frank Sargent Hoffman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330674833
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book The Sphere of Science written by Frank Sargent Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Sphere of Science: A Study of the Nature and Method of Scientific Investigation The primary object of this book is to point out with clearness what it is that constitutes a science, and to set forth with some detail what are the grounds upon which every science rests and what are the principles and rules that must be followed in order to construct one. It is maintained from the first chapter to the last that every department of knowledge is capable of scientific treatment and must be so treated before any great advance can be made towards a consistent and rational conception of the universe. Marvellous progress in some directions has without doubt been made during the last fifty years, owing to the rapid development of the physical sciences; but a lofty and symmetrical civilization will not be realized until all the other sciences are exalted to their true place in the general system. The chief need of our time in all departments of thought is not so much more facts as a more rational treatment of the facts already at hand. Nearly all the sciences are now undergoing a radical reconstruction; but "The New Astronomy," "The New Chemistry," "The New Political Economy," "The New Psychology," and "The New Theology" are not so much the products of new facts as of a more thoroughgoing and scientific way of looking at the old ones. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Principles of Science

Author : William Forbes Cooley
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267649235
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book The Principles of Science written by William Forbes Cooley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Principles of Science: A College d104-Book My indebtedness to J evons' large and admirable work on this subject will be evident from the text and footnotes. I have also received valuable sug gestions from my colleagues in Columbia University, Professors Dewey, Woodbridge, and Jones, and Mr. H. G. Hartmann. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Avicenna's Theory of Science

Author : Riccardo Strobino
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520297474
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Avicenna's Theory of Science written by Riccardo Strobino and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avicenna is the most influential figure in the intellectual history of the Islamic world. This book is the first comprehensive study of his theory of science, which profoundly shaped his philosophical method and indirectly influenced philosophers and theologians not only in the Islamic world but also throughout Christian Europe and the medieval Jewish tradition. A sophisticated interpreter of Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics, Avicenna took on the ambitious task of reorganizing Aristotelian philosophy of science into an applicable model of scientific reasoning, striving to identify conditions of certainty for scientific assertions and conditions of adequacy for real definitions. Riccardo Strobino combines philosophical and textual analysis to explore the scope and nature of Avicenna’s contributions to the logic of scientific reasoning in his effort to recalibrate Aristotle’s model and overcome some of its internal limitations. Focusing on a broad array of philosophical innovations at the intersection of logic, metaphysics, and epistemology, this book casts light on an essential aspect of the thought of the preeminent philosopher and physician of the Islamic world.

Epistemology

Author : Robert Audi
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415130424
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Epistemology written by Robert Audi and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook introduces the concepts and theories central for understanding the nature of knowledge. It is aimed at students who have already done an introductory course. Epistemology, or the theory of knowledge, is concerned about how we know what we do, what justifies us in believing what we do, and what standards of evidence we should use in seeking truths about the world of human experience. The author's approach draws the reader into the subfields and theories of the subject, guided by key concrete examples. Major topics covered include perception and reflection as grounds of knowledge, the nature, structure, and varieties of knowledge, and the character and scope of knowledge in the crucial realms of ethics, science and religion.