Article ID: CBB000110752

Philosophy, Instinct, Intuition: What Motivates the Scientist in Search of a Theory? (2000)

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Bowler, Peter J. (Author)


Biology and Philosophy
Volume: 15
Pages: 93--101
Publication date: 2000
Language: English


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Authors & Contributors
Achinstein, Peter
Carrier, Martin
Carus, A. W.
Feyerabend, Paul K.
Gelfert, Axel
Jansson, Lina
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
HOPOS
Monist: An International Quarterly Journal of General Philosophical Inquiry
Science and Education
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
MIT Press
Oxford University Press
Polity Press
Prometheus Books
Rodopi
Concepts
Methodology of science; scientific method
Philosophy of science
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Epistemology
Development of science; change in science
Physics
People
Kuhn, Thomas S.
Aristotle
Carnap, Rudolf
Copernicus, Nicolaus
Feyerabend, Paul K.
Fraassen, Bas C. van
Time Periods
20th century
17th century
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
21st century
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