A Companion to the Philosophy of Science

By W. Newton-Smith. 2001

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A Life Full of Learning (2003, background): “May I say that my attention went beyond the philosophy of science in my field (see, for example, Newton-Smith 2000).”
The multi-trajectory theory of adult firesetting (M-TTAF) (2012, methodology): “firesetting, paying particular attention to the theory appraisal criteria (i.e., Hooker, 1987; Newton-Smith, 2002) outlined earlier.”
Reconstructing the Risk-Need-Responsivity model: A theoretical elaboration and evaluation (2007, unknown): “Philosophers have suggested that a number of epistemic values (i.e., theory appraisal criteria) are equally important for making judgments about which theories are best and for helping researchers choose amongst competing theoretical explanations (Hooker, 1987; Newton‐Smith, 2002).”
Information security management standards: Problems and solutions (2009, background): “Even an irrational philosopher of science, such as Feyerabend-the-anything-goes (cf., Preston 2000, Chalmers, 1982), would not accept the way normative standards are developed: "a crank…is not at all prepared to test its usefulness in all those cases which seem to favour the opponent, or even to…”