How scientists explain disease / Paul Thagard.
How scientists explain disease / Paul Thagard.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N616.071/16
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English
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xviii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. Explanations. Ch. 1. Explaining Science. Ch. 2. Explaining Disease -- Pt. 2. The Bacterial Theory of Peptic Ulcers. Ch. 3. Ulcers and Bacteria: Discovery. Ch. 4. Ulcers and Bacteria: Acceptance. Ch. 5. Ulcers and Bacteria: Instruments and Experiments. Ch. 6. Ulcers and Bacteria: Social Intera...
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1999.
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New Jersey
Date Published
1999.
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How do scientists develop new explanations of disease? How do those explanations become accepted as true? And how does medical diagnosis change when physicians are confronted with new scientific evidence? These are some of the questions that Paul Thagard pursues in this book that develops a new, integrative approach to the study of science. How Sci...
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How scientists explain disease / Paul Thagard.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N616.071/16
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74VvNvLzv0qA
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ISBN
069105083X
9780691002613 (cloth : alk. paper)
0691002614 (cloth : alk. paper)
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616.071
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991012862319702626
