Aim-oriented empiricism and the 'Father' of the scientific revolution : metaphysics and method in the work of Galileo
This thesis is concerned with that branch of the history of science which takes as its central problem the question of scientific progress, defined as the growth of knowledge and understanding about the world. It is an area of enquiry which has been suppressed, in recent years, by the development of...
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University College London (University of London)
1999
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