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ERIC Number: EJ592187
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0926-7220
Twenty Years On: Adding the Cat's Whiskers.
Chalmers, Alan
Science and Education, v8 n4 p327-38 Jul 1999
Discusses recent science studies that focus on experimentation and the implications of these studies for the philosophy of science. Argues that the results of scientific experiments are practical productions that embody practical solutions to some of the key problems that have worried science philosophers. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Epistemology, Higher Education, Science Experiments, Science History, Scientific Enterprise, Scientific Methodology, Scientific Principles, Scientific Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Metaphysics; Ontology; Philosophy of Science; Pragmatism
Note: Special issue: What Is This Thing Called Science? Twenty Years On. For responses to this article see SE 562 150 and 153.