Greg Bamford
Biographic Data
| ID | 5213366 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Greg Bamford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Greg |
| FAMILY NAME | Bamford |
| SIGNATURE | BAMFORD G |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4975-7445 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Popper and his commentators on the discovery of Neptune
Popper's Explications of Ad Hoc ness
Karl Popper defines an ad hoc hypothesis as one that is introduced to immunize a theory from some (or all) refutation but which cannot be tested independently. He has also attempted to explicate ad hocness in terms of certain other allegedly undesirable properties of hypotheses or of the explanations they would provide, but his account is confused and mistaken. The first such property is circularity, which is undesirable; the second such property…
Popper's Explications of Ad Hoc ness
Karl Popper defines an ad hoc hypothesis as one that is introduced to immunize a theory from some (or all) refutation but which cannot be tested independently. He has also attempted to explicate ad hocness in terms of certain other allegedly undesirable properties of hypotheses or of the explanations they would provide, but his account is confused and mistaken. The first such property is circularity, which is undesirable; the second such property…
Popper and his commentators on the discovery of Neptune
Popper's Explications of Ad Hoc ness
Karl Popper defines an ad hoc hypothesis as one that is introduced to immunize a theory from some (or all) refutation but which cannot be tested independently. He has also attempted to explicate ad hocness in terms of certain other allegedly undesirable properties of hypotheses or of the explanations they would provide, but his account is confused and mistaken. The first such property is circularity, which is undesirable; the second such property…
Popper and his commentators on the discovery of Neptune
Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (2 works) · Post hoc (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Astronomy (1 work) · Coherentism (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Empirical research (1 work) · Foundationalism (1 work)