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Going Amiss in Experimental Research (Paperback, Softcover reprint of 1st ed. 2009) Loot Price: R2,955
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Going Amiss in Experimental Research (Paperback, Softcover reprint of 1st ed. 2009): Giora Hon, Jutta Schickore, Friedrich...

Going Amiss in Experimental Research (Paperback, Softcover reprint of 1st ed. 2009)

Giora Hon, Jutta Schickore, Friedrich Steinle

Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 267

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Like any goal-oriented procedure, experiment is subject to many kinds of failures. These failures have a variety of features, depending on the particulars of their sources. For the experimenter these pitfalls should be avoided and their effects minimized. For the historian-philosopher of science and the science educator, on the other hand, they are instructive starting points for reflecting on science in general and scientific method and practice in particular. Often more is learned from failure than from confirmation and successful application. The identification of error, its source, its context, and its treatment shed light on both practices and epistemic claims. This book shows that it is fruitful to bring to light forgotten and lost failures, subject them to analysis and learn from their moral. The study of failures, errors, pitfalls and mistakes helps us understand the way knowledge is pursued and indeed generated. The book presents both historical accounts and philosophical analyses of failures in experimental practice. It covers topics such as "error as an object of study," "learning from error," "concepts and dead ends," "instrumental artifacts," and "surprise and puzzlement."

This book will be of interest to historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science as well as to practicing scientists and science educators.

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Imprint: Springer
Country of origin: Netherlands
Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 267
Release date: October 2010
First published: 2009
Editors: Giora Hon • Jutta Schickore • Friedrich Steinle
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 277
Edition: Softcover reprint of 1st ed. 2009
ISBN-13: 978-90-481-8019-6
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
LSN: 90-481-8019-8
Barcode: 9789048180196

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