Prediction and the ‘periodic law’
A rejoinder to Barnes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10799357 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Worrall (0000-0001-5229-5152) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 817-826 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| 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/j.shpsa.2005.08.007 |
| OpenAlex | W2089155779 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 1 |
Coherentism · Economics · Empirical research · Epistemology · Foundationalism · Positive economics · Post hoc · Post-hoc analysis · Statistics · Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI · Mathematics · Medicine · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology
Theoretical Virtues in Science
Prediction, accommodation and the periodic table
Dark Matter in Zwicky’s Cosmology
Predictive hypotheses are ineffectual in resolving complex biochemical systems
Preregistration and predictivism
Predictivism and the periodic table
State of the Field
Novelty, coherence, and Mendeleev’s periodic table
Predictivism and avoidance of ad hoc-ness
Use-novel predictions and Mendeleev’s periodic table
Objectivity in confirmation
A coherentist conception of ad hoc hypotheses
| Citations per year | 0.63 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |