Data, Instruments, and Theory: A Dialectical Approach to Understanding Science (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780691611884)

Robert John Ackermann deals decisively with the problem of relativism that has plagued post-empiricist philosophy of science. Recognizing that theory and data are mediated by data domains (bordered data sets produced by scientific instruments), he argues that the use of instruments breaks the dependency of observation on theory and thus creates a reasoned basis for scientific objectivity.

Originally published in 1985.

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Author: Robert John Ackermann
ISBN-10: 0691611882
ISBN-13: 9780691611884
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/14/2014
Pages: 230
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d