Medical History and Physical Examination in Companion Animals (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780792330387)

creation no falsification falsification Tl rejected creation etc. Figure 1-1 delivers such a result that the theory must be seen as an extension of Popper's rational proce- discarded. In this way we come at the same time dure for theory elimination. to the border between science and nonscience: a Popper's naive falsifiability knows only one theory is scientific if it is falsifiable. It is thus way, the elimination of what is weak. The so- not scientific to bring additional evidence to phisticated falsifiability, in contrast, knows only bear in vindication of the theory; the theory elimination in combination with the acceptance would thereby take on the character of an un- of an alternative. According to sophisticated fal- challengeable certainty of belief ('religion'). sifiability, a scientific theory T r is only aban- Following Popper, others such as Kuhn, with doned if its place is taken by another theory T2 his paradigm theory, have considerably extended which has the following three characteristics: 1 the range of thought over what is scientific and T 2 has more empirical content than TI; the new what is not.

Author: A. Rijnberk
ISBN-10: 0792330382
ISBN-13: 9780792330387
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 03/31/1995
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.30w x 0.60d