cam a22 4 4500 357418786 CHVBK 20200715193916.0 160226s2008 enk 00 eng|d GBA8-58001 bnb 978-0-521-87962-0 hbk. (IDSBB)005994573 (RERO)R007119051 StDuBDS SzZuIDS BS/BE B400 kids Q175 .B2186 2008 2008 H-287 Q 175 B261p 2008 s1ph rero 500 15 501 22 CC 3300 rvk Barnes Eric Christian The paradox of predictivism by Eric Christian Barnes Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 X, 265 S. graph. Darst. Includes bibliographical references and index "An enduring question in the philosophy of science is the question of whether a scientific theory deserves more credit for its successful predictions than it does for accommodating data that was already known when the theory was developed. In The Paradox of Predictivism, Eric Barnes argues that the successful prediction of evidence testifies to the general credibility of the predictor in a way that evidence does not when the evidence is used in the process of endorsing the theory. He illustrates his argument with an important episode from nineteenth-century chemistry, Mendeleev's Periodic Law and its successful predictions of the existence of various elements. The consequences of this account of predictivism for the realist/anti-realist debate are considerable, and strengthen the status of the 'no miracle' argument for scientific realism. Barnes's important and original contribution to the debate will interest a wide range of readers in philosophy of science."--BOOK JACKET Mendeleev, Dmitrij I. 1834-1907 (DE-588)118641069 gnd Periodensystem (DE-588)4125872-1 gnd Prognose (DE-588)4047390-9 gnd Wissenschaftstheorie (DE-588)4117665-0 gnd Science Forecasting Science Forecasting Philosophy Probability Philosophie des sciences (RERO)A021002714 rero Prédiction (logique) (RERO)A021033367 rero Évidence (RERO)A021008153 rero Vérification (épistémologie) (RERO)A021008871 rero BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 Metadata rights reserved rero nw SzZuIDS BS/BE ph SzZuIDS BS/BE RERO RE01003 RE01003 RE010030001 NA 2012.4818 IDSBB B400 B400 400K5 BeM RFA 17371 NELB4001210 IDSBB 100 1- Barnes Eric Christian RERO 100 1- Barnes Eric C. Eric Christian 1959- (RERO)A022248888 cre SWISSBIB 113343124 ORANGE 113343124