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Newton deplored speculation in science, Einstein reveled in it. What exactly are scientific speculations? Are they ever legitimate? Are they subject to constraints? This book defends a pragmatic approach to these issues and applies it to speculations within science (e.g., ones in fundamental physics) and to speculations about science (e.g., ones about simplicity, holism, and a ""Theory of Everything"").
Cover; Speculation; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Scientific Speculation: A Pragmatic Approach; 2. The Complex Story of Simplicity: Ontological and Epistemic Speculations; 3. Non-​Epistemic Simplicity: Maxwell, Newton, and Speculation; 4. Holism vs. Particularism: An Evidential Debate ("Find the Ether"); 5. The Ultimate Speculation: A "Theory of Everything" (What Is It, and Why Should We Want One?); 6. Summing Up; Index
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