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Selectivity and Discord - by Allan Franklin (Paperback)

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  • Selectivity and Discord addresses the fundamental question of whether there are grounds for belief in experimental results.
  • About the Author: Allan Franklin is professor in the Department of Physics at University of Colorado.
  • 304 Pages
  • Science, Philosophy & Social Aspects

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Addresses the fundamental question of whether there are grounds for belief in experimental results. Allan Franklin demonstrates that experimental results are not mere social constructions, and can be used as a basis for scientific knowledge.



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Selectivity and Discord addresses the fundamental question of whether there are grounds for belief in experimental results. Specifically, Allan Franklin is concerned with two problems in the use of experimental results in science: selectivity of data or analysis procedures and the resolution of discordant results.

By means of detailed case studies of episodes from the history of modern physics, Franklin shows how these problems can be--and are--solved in the normal practice of science and, therefore, that experimental results may be legitimately used as a basis for scientific knowledge.



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A valuable addition to the literature on scientific experiments and their role in justifying theoretical hypotheses. I recommend it.-- "ISIS"

Accessible to anyone with a college-level education in physics, this lucid and persuasive book collects Franklin's previously published investigations on the epistemology of experiment and is a 'must read' for either students or professionals with an interest in the history and philosophy of science.-- "Philosophy in Review"

All of the cases Franklin considers are presented with a wealth of clear, relevant, and interesting experimental detail.-- "American Journal of Physics"

Franklin is one of a very small number of people who have both the knowledge needed to understand complicated experiments in physics and the skill needed to explain to a nonprofessional audience how the experiments work. . . . A welcome counterweight to postmodernist interpretations of science.-- "John Earman, University of Pittsburgh"

No one has done more than Allan Franklin to show how the intricacies of experimental reasoning in physics provide safeguards against being misled by individual experimental results.-- "George E. Smith, Tufts University"

That experimentalists select only their 'good data' and eventually accept only one of several discordant experimental results have been central to the claim that physics and other sciences are socially constructed. In this impressive book, Allan Franklin tackles these two problems head on, demonstrating persuasively that physics is at root a rationally constructed science.-- "Roger H. Stuewer, University of Minnesota"



About the Author



Allan Franklin is professor in the Department of Physics at University of Colorado. He is the author of numerous books, including Are There Really Neutrinos? An Evidential History; Selectivity and Discord: Two Problems of Experiment; and No Easy Answers: Science and the Pursuit of Knowledge.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.1 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 304
Genre: Science
Sub-Genre: Philosophy & Social Aspects
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Allan Franklin
Language: English
Street Date: November 17, 2002
TCIN: 1011332185
UPC: 9780822961949
Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-8935
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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