{"product_id":"fault-tracing-against-quine-duhem-a-defense-of-the-objectivity-of-scientific-justification-paperback","title":"Fault-Tracing: Against Quine-Duhem: A Defense of the Objectivity of Scientific Justification - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is widely believed in philosophy of science that nobody can claim that any verdict of science is forced upon us by the effects of a physical world upon our sense organs and instruments. The \u003cem\u003eQuine-Duhem\u003c\/em\u003e problem supposedly allows us to resist any conclusion. Views on language aside, Quine is supposed to have shown this decisively. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut it is just false. In many scientific examples, there is simply no room to doubt that a particular hypothesis is responsible for a refutation or established by the observations. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFault Tracing\u003c\/em\u003e shows how to play independently established hypotheses against each other to determine whether an arbitrary hypothesis needs to be altered in the light of (apparently) refuting evidence. It analyses real examples from natural science, as well as simpler cases. It argues that, when scientific theories have a structure that prevents them from using this method, the theory looks wrong, and is subject to serious criticism. This is a new, and potentially far-reaching, theory of empirical justification. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSam Mitchell\u003c\/strong\u003e, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47578522321117,"sku":"9783110996784","price":34.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/W5S81zdZkw9783110996784.webp?v=1773508186","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/fault-tracing-against-quine-duhem-a-defense-of-the-objectivity-of-scientific-justification-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}