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Twixt method and madness

Thomas Nickles

pp. 41-67

Abstrakt

For years I have urged that there is more to scientific method than meets the philosophical eye. Some highly touted conceptions of method — the hypothetical-deductive (H-D) method, for instance — are remarkably thin when it gets down to details. For when one studies real scientific cases of problem solving and theory construction, the methodological features are almost always more substantive and more interesting than what one reads in general methodological accounts. There are more things in heaven and earth..."

Publication details

Published in:

Nersessian Nancy J. (1987) The process of science: contemporary philosophical approaches to understanding scientific practice. Dordrecht, Springer.

Seiten: 41-67

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-3519-8_2

Referenz:

Nickles Thomas (1987) „Twixt method and madness“, In: N. J. Nersessian (ed.), The process of science, Dordrecht, Springer, 41–67.