Evidence and Method: Scientific Strategies of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell

by Peter Achinstein

What is meant by scientific evidence, and how can a definition of this concept be applied in the sciences to determine whether observed facts constitute evidence that a given theory is true?

In this book, Peter Achinstein proposes and defends several objective concepts of evidence. He then explores the question of whether a scientific method, such as that represented in the four "Rules for the Study of Natural Philosophy" that Isaac Newton...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199921857
• ISBN13: 9780199921850
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.6"