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Acceptance in Bayesian Philosophy of Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2023

Patrick Maher
Patrick Maher*
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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The Oxygen Theory made its way with extraordinary rapidity among the best philosophers. In 1785 … Berthollet … declared himself a convert … Fourcroy promulgated its doctrines under the name of “La Chimie Francaise” … Guyton de Morveau, who had at first been a strenuous advocate of the phlogistic theory, was invited to Paris, and brought over to the opinions of Lavoisier …. Priestley alone, of all the chemists of great name, would never assent to the new doctrines. (Whewell 1858, vol. 2 pp. 278f.)

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Part V: Bayesian Philosophy of Science
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PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association , Volume 1992 , Issue 2: Volume Two: Symposia and Invited Papers 1992 , 1993 , pp. 153 - 160
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Copyright © 1993 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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