Theories of Scientific Method by Robert Nola, Howard Sankey - 9781844650859

Theories of Scientific MethodAn Introduction\nAuthor(s): Robert Nola, Howard Sankey\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Acumen Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781844650859, 978-1844650859\nSynopsis\nWhat is it to be scientific? Is there such a thing as scientific method? And if so, how might such methods be justified? Robert Nola and Howard Sankey seek to provide answers to these fundamental questions in their exploration of the major recent theories of scientific method. Although for many scientists their understanding of method is something they just pick up in the course of being trained, Nola and Sankey argue that it is possible to be explicit about what this tacit understanding of method is, rather than leave it as some unfathomable mystery. They robustly defend the idea that there is such a thing as scientific method and show how this might be legitimated. This book begins with the question of what methodology might mean and explores the .