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The Neglect of Experiment (Paperback, Revised)
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The Neglect of Experiment (Paperback, Revised)
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What role have experiments played, and should they play, in
physics? How does one come to believe rationally in experimental
results? The Neglect of Experiment attempts to provide answers to
both of these questions. Professor Franklin's approach combines the
detailed study of four episodes in the history of twentieth century
physics with an examination of some of the philosophical issues
involved. The episodes are the discovery of parity nonconservation
( or the violation of mirror symmetry) in the 1950s; the
nondiscovery of parity nonconservation in the 1930s, when the
results of experiments indicated, at least in retrospect, the
symmetry violation, but the significance of those results was not
realized; the discovery and acceptance of CP ( combined
parity-charge conjugations, paricle-antiparticle) symmetry; and
Millikan's oil-drop experiment. Franklin examines the various roles
that experiment plays, including its role in deciding between
competing theories, confirming theories, and calling fo new
theories. The author argues that one can provide a philosophical
justification for these roles. He contends that if experiment plays
such important roles, then one must have good reason to believe in
experimental results. He then deals with deveral problems
concerning such reslults, including the epistemology of experiment,
how one comes to believe rationally in experimental results, the
question of the influence of theoretical presuppositions on
results, and the problem of scientific fruad. This original and
important contribution to the study of the philosophy of
experimental science is an outgrowth of many years of research.
Franklin brings to this work more than a decade of experience as an
experimental high-energy physicist, along with his significant
contributions to the history and philosophy of science.
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