Enlightenment: error & experiment: Henry Cavendish's Electrical researches
I have attempted two major tasks in this thesis. First, I argue that Deborah Mayo’s Error Statistical epistemology makes an excellent tool for historical research into experimental episodes. This is because it focuses the historian’s eye on the nitty gritty details of experimental arguments, particu...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44446 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08252008-162818/ |