{"product_id":"9789401062428","title":"Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science: Essays on Experiment, Evidence, and Science","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBoston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science: Essays on Experiment, Evidence, and Science\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eFranklin, A.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this collection of essays Allan Franklin defends the view  that science provides us with knowledge about the world which is based  on experimental evidence and on reasoned and critical discussion. In  short, he argues that science is a reasonable enterprise. \u003cbr\u003e  He begins with detailed studies of four episodes from the history of  modern physics: (1) the early attempts to detect gravity waves, (2)  how the physics community decided that a proposed new elementary  particle, 17-keV neutrino, did not exist, (3) a sequence of  experiments on K meson decay, and (4) the origins of the Fifth Force  hypothesis, a proposed modification of Newton's Law of Universal  Gravitation. \u003cbr\u003e  The case studies are then used to examine issues such as how discord  between experimental results is resolved, calibration of an  experimental apparatus and its legitimate use in validating an  experimental result, and how experimental results provide reasonable  grounds for belief in both the truth of physical theories and in the  existence of the entities involved in those theories. \u003cbr\u003e  This book is a challenge to the critics of science, both postmodern  and constructivist, to provide convincing alternative explanations of  the episodes and issues discussed. It should be of interest to  philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science, and to  scientists themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-10-11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789401062428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-011-5334-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 318\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45378525757580,"sku":"9789401062428","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789401062428.jpg?v=1772024827","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789401062428","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}