The concept of an ad hoc hypothesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10798804 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jarrett Leplin |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 309-345 |
| Publication date | 1975-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3681 • E-ISSN: 1879-2510 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0039-3681(75)90006-0 |
| OpenAlex | W2093414536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 18 |
Coherentism · Empirical research · Epistemology · Foundationalism · Post hoc · Post-hoc analysis · Statistics · Telecommunications · Wireless ad hoc network · Computer Science · Mathematics · Medicine · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology
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Ad Hoc Auxiliary Hypotheses and Falsificationism
Occurrent Thought and A Priori Reason in Chimpanzees
The Magic of Ad Hoc Solutions
Diagnosing Pseudoscience – by Getting Rid of the Demarcation Problem
Tests of Animal Consciousness are Tests of Machine Consciousness
Current Trends in Linguistics, VIII
Protecting general-linguistic hypotheses fromrefutat ion
Dark Matter in Zwicky’s Cosmology
On Ad Hoc Hypotheses
The use and misuse of taxpayers’ money
Philosophical perspectives on ad hoc hypotheses and the Higgs mechanism
Corroboration and auxiliary hypotheses
Predictivism and avoidance of ad hoc-ness
A coherentist conception of ad hoc hypotheses
Independent Testability
Where the Design Argument Goes Wrong
On the Falsity of the Fitzgerald-Lorentz Contraction Hypothesis
Why did Einstein's Programme supersede Lorentz's? (I)
Note on the History of the FitzGerald-Lorentz Contraction
H. A. Lorentz and the Electromagnetic View of Nature
The "FitzGerald" Contraction
Einstein, Michelson, and the "Crucial" Experiment
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2026 (51) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |