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The Objective Promise of a Research Programme
Peter Urbach
- pp 99-113
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In this article, the authors present a backward-looking approach to the evaluation of scientific merits of theories, in which they treat theories as finished products and appraise their scientific value mainly in terms of their empirical performance to date.Abstract:
Philosophers of science have put forward various methodologies for appraising the scientific merits of theories. These methodologies have usually been backward-looking in the sense that they treat theories as finished products and appraise their scientific value mainly in terms of their empirical performance to date.read more
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