The Convergence of Scientific Knowledge : a view from the limit /

The fundamental thesis of The Convergence of Scientific Knowledge: a view from the limit is that knowledge may be characterized by convergence to a correct hypothesis in the limit of empirical scientific inquiry. The primary aim is not to say whether convergence will or will not occur. It is rather...

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Main Author: Hendricks, Vincent F.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2001.
Series:Trends in Logic, Studia Logica Library ; 9.
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