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When first published in 1959, this book revolutionized contemporary thinking <br />
about science and knowledge. It remains the one of the most widely read books <br />
about science to come out of the twentieth century.<br />
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Table of Contents<br />
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Translators' Note <br />
Preface to the First Edition, 1934 <br />
Preface to the First English Edition, 1959 <br />
Pt. I Introduction to the Logic of Science <br />
1 A Survey of Some Fundamental Problems 3<br />
2 On the Problem of a Theory of Scientific Method 27<br />
Pt. II Some Structural Components of a Theory of Experience <br />
3 Theories 37<br />
4 Falsifiability 57<br />
5 The Problem of the Empirical Basis 74<br />
6 Degrees of Testability 95<br />
7 Simplicity 121<br />
8 Probability 133<br />
9 Some Observations on Quantum Theory 209<br />
10 Corroboration, or How a Theory Stands up to Tests 248<br />
App. i Definition of the Dimension of a Theory 283<br />
App. ii The General Calculus of Frequency in Finite Classes 286<br />
App. iii Derivation of the First Form of the Binomial Formula 290<br />
App. iv A Method of Constructing Models of Random Sequences 293<br />
App. v Examination of an Objection. The Two-Slit Experiment 297<br />
App. vi Concerning a Non-Predictive Procedure of Measuring 301<br />
App. vii Remarks Concerning an Imaginary Experiment 305<br />
New Appendices <br />
i Two Notes on Induction and Demarcation, 1933-1934 312<br />
ii A Note on Probability, 1938 319<br />
iii On the Heuristic Use of the Classical Definition of Probability 325<br />
iv The Formal Theory of Probability 329<br />
v Derivations in the Formal Theory of Probability 356<br />
vi On Objective Disorder or Randomness 369<br />
vii Zero Probability and the Fine-Structure of Probability and of Content <br />
374<br />
viii Content, Simplicity, and Dimension 392<br />
ix Corroboration, the Weight of Evidence, and Statistical Tests 402<br />
x Universals, Dispositions, and Natural or Physical Necessity 440<br />
xi On the Use and Misuse of Imaginary Experiments, Especially in Quantum <br />
Theory 464<br />
xii The Experiment of Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen. A Letter from Albert <br />
Einstein, 1935 481<br />
Indices <br />
Name Index 489<br />
Subject Index 494<br />
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Product Details<br />
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* ISBN: 0415278449<br />
* ISBN-13: 9780415278447<br />
* Format: Paperback, 513pp<br />
* Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.<br />
* Pub. Date: March 2002<br />
* Edition Description: 15TH<br />
* Edition Number: 5<br />
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