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020			_a9780139133923139133925
041			_aeng
050			_aQ158.5 _b.G7 1973
245		0	_aTheories and observation in science, _b/ _cedited by Richard E. Grandy
260			_aEnglewood Cliffs, N.J. : _bPrentice-Hall, _c1973
300			_aviii, 183 p. : _bill. ; _c21 cm.
490			_aCentral issues in philosophy series
505			_aMach, E. The economical nature of physics.--Campbell, N. Definition of a theory.--Carnap, R. Testability and meaning.--Braithwaite, R.B. The nature of theoretical concepts and the role of models in an advanced science.--Hempel, C.G. The empiricist criteria of cognitive significance: problems and changes.--Scheffler, I. Prospects of a modest empiricism, I.--Smart, J.J.C. The reality of theoretical entities.--Maxwell, G. Theories, frameworks, and ontology.--Putnam, H. What theories are not.--Jeffrey, R.C. Review of Putnam.--Hanson, N.R. Observation.--Feyerabend, P.K. On the interpretation of scientific theories.--Quine, W.V.O. Posits and reality. Achinstein, P. On meaning-dependence.--Feyerabend, P.K. On the "meaning" of scientific terms.--Bibliographical essay (p. [184]).
650			_aScience.Science Philosophy.Scientific work.
700			_aGrandy, Richard E.
999			_c45030 _d45030