Changing Order
Replication and Induction in Scientific Practice

207 pages
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5-1/2 x 8-1/2
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© 1985, 1992
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Table of Contents

Contents
Note to the 1992 Edition
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Mystery of Perception and Order
2. The Idea of Replication
3. Replicating the TEA-Laser: Maintaining Scientific Knowledge
4. Detecting Gravitational Radiation: The Experimenter’s Regress
5. Some Experiments in the Paranormal: The Experimenter’s Regress Revisited
6. The Scientist in the Network: A Sociological Resolution of the Problem of Inductive Inference
Postscript: Science as Expertise
Methodological Appendix
References Cited
Afterword
Name Index
Subject Index
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Mystery of Perception and Order
2. The Idea of Replication
3. Replicating the TEA-Laser: Maintaining Scientific Knowledge
4. Detecting Gravitational Radiation: The Experimenter’s Regress
5. Some Experiments in the Paranormal: The Experimenter’s Regress Revisited
6. The Scientist in the Network: A Sociological Resolution of the Problem of Inductive Inference
Postscript: Science as Expertise
Methodological Appendix
References Cited
Afterword
Name Index
Subject Index
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