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272 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780198250371
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 02 November 2000
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In the mid-eighteenth century David Hume argued that successful prediction tells us nothing about the truth of the predicting theory. But physical theory routinely predicts the values of observable magnitudes within very small ranges of error. The...
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272 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780198250371
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 02 November 2000
Description
In the mid-eighteenth century David Hume argued that successful prediction tells us nothing about the truth of the predicting theory. But physical theory routinely predicts the values of observable magnitudes within very small ranges of error. The...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings