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20Hans Radder , The Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press , 336 pp., $29.95 (review)Philosophy of Science 72 (3): 525-528. 2005.
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19The recent discovery of a Higgs boson prompted increased attention of statisticians and philosophers of science to the statistical methodology of High Energy Physics. Amidst long-standing debates within the field, HEP has adopted a mixed statistical methodology drawing upon both frequentist and Bayesian methods, but with standard frequentist techniques such as significance testing and confidence interval estimation playing a primary role. Physicists within HEP typically deny that their methodolo…Read more
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18Lange, Marc. Natural Laws in Scientific Practice (review)Review of Metaphysics 56 (2): 435-436. 2002.
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17Allan Franklin. Shifting Standards: Experiments in Particle Physics in the Twentieth Century. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013. Pp. 360. $50.00 (review)Hopos: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science 6 (1): 158-162. 2016.
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16Evidence and Method: Scientific Strategies of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell (review)Isis 105 (3): 672-673. 2014.
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15Steven French and Décio Krause, Identity in Physics: A Historical, Philosophical, and Formal Analysis. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. xv+422. ISBN 0-19-927824-5. £55.00 (review)British Journal for the History of Science 42 (1): 145. 2009.
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12Novelty, Severity, and History in the Testing of Hypotheses: The Case of the Top QuarkPhilosophy of Science 63 (5). 1996.It is sometimes held that facts confirm a hypothesis only if they were not used in the construction of that hypothesis. This requirement of "use novelty" introduces a historical aspect into the assessment of evidence claims. I examine a methodological principle invoked by physicists in the experimental search for the top quark that bears a striking resemblance to this view. However, this principle is better understood, both historically and philosophically, in terms of the need to conduct a seve…Read more
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6Allan Franklin, No Easy Answers: Science and the Pursuit of Knowledge. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005. Pp. xii+258. $29.95 (review)British Journal for the History of Science 40 (3): 455. 2007.
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1Evidence and JustificationIn Gregory J. Morgan (ed.), Philosophy of Science Matters: The Philosophy of Peter Achinstein, Oxford University Press. pp. 216. 2011.
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Over the Top: Experiment and the Testing of Hypotheses in the Search for the Top QuarkDissertation, The Johns Hopkins University. 1998.This study presents a historical account of experiments, performed by the Collider Detector at Fermilab collaboration, which led to the discovery of the top quark, and a discussion of philosophical issues raised by that episode. ;The historical discussion is based on published and unpublished documents and oral history interviews, and is presented in two parts: First, the formation of the collaboration and construction of the detector are described. The activities of the collaborators during the…Read more
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