Exceeding our grasp : science, history, and the problem of unconceived alternatives.

This volume argues that history reveals our routine failure to even conceive of well-confirmed alternatives to our scientific theories, and similar alternatives to our own theories likely remain unconceived. It shows why defences of scientific realism cannot evade the problem and proposes an alterna...

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Main Author:	Stanford, P. Kyle
Corporate Author:	Oxford University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:	Inference. Reasoning. Science > Philosophy. Inférence (Logique) Inference Reasoning Science > Philosophy Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book