Perception and Discovery

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 On Philosophizing—and Some Logical Distinctions  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 3-14
 Defining Conceptual Boundaries  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 15-27
 Measuring and Counting: More Boundaries  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 29-40
Front Matter ....Pages 41-41
 There Is More to Seeing Than Meets the Eye  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 43-54
 Seeing the Same Thing  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 55-65
 Seeing and Seeing As  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 67-82
 Seeing As and Seeing That  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 83-98
 Seeing, Saying, and Knowing  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 99-114
 Spectacles Behind the Eyes  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 115-130
 Can We See Facts?  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 131-142
 Facts and Seeing That  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 143-152
Front Matter ....Pages 153-153
 Waves, Particles, and Facts  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 155-169
 Hypotheses Facta Fingunt  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 171-184
 Scientific Simplicity and Crucial Experiments  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 185-198
 The Systematic Side of Science  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 199-209
 Discovering Causes and Becauses  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 211-221
 What Happens as a Rule  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 223-232
 Theory-Laden Language  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 233-244
 The Scientists’ Toolbox  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 245-255
 Laws, Truths, and Hypotheses  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 257-269
 Principles and Platitudes  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 271-282
Front Matter ....Pages 283-283
 Frequencies and the Mathematics of Probability  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 285-294
 Using and Interpreting the Probability Calculus  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 295-307
 Elements of Statistical Technique  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 309-320
 The Principle of Uniformity Revisited  (Matthew D. Lund)....Pages 321-330
Back Matter ....Pages 331-339