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Ronald Laymon

17 works· latest 2019· 1 institutionscluster: provisional

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Most cited in this library

Cartwright and the Lying Laws of Physics1989 · 82 citations
Newton's Bucket Experiment1978 · 57 citations
Using Scott Domains to Explicate the Notions of Approximate and Idealized Data1987 · 44 citations
Applying idealized scientific theories to engineering1989 · 39 citations
Newton's experimentum crucis and the logic of idealization and theory refutation1978 · 37 citations

Works

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Measuring Nothing, Repeatedly

Morgan & Claypool Publishers eBooks·2019·2 authors·book

9citations

“Newton’s Demonstration of Universal Gravitation and Philosophical Theories of Confirmation”

University of Minnesota Press eBooks·2018·1 author·chapter·Open access

10citations

Experimentation and the legitimacy of idealization

Philosophical Studies·1995·1 author

15citations

Demonstrative induction, old and new evidence and the accuracy of the electrostatic inverse square law

Synthese·1994·1 author

12citations

Computer Simulations, Idealizations and Approximations

PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association·1990·1 author

25citations

Applying idealized scientific theories to engineering

Synthese·1989·1 author

Cartwright and the Lying Laws of Physics

The Journal of Philosophy·1989·1 author

82citations

The Michelson-Morley Experiment and the Appraisal of Theories

Springer eBooks·1988·1 author·chapter

26citations

5. The Path from Data to Theory

University of California Press eBooks·1984·1 author·chapter

17citations

Scientific Realism and the Hierarchical Counterfactual Path from Data to Theory

PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association·1982·1 author

19citations

Making Decisions

Teaching Philosophy·1981·1 author

0citations

Idealization, Explanation, and Confirmation

PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association·1980·1 author

17citations

Newton's Bucket Experiment

Journal of the history of philosophy·1978·1 author

57citations

Newton's experimentum crucis and the logic of idealization and theory refutation

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A·1978·1 author

37citations

Feyerabend, Brownian Motion, and the Hiddenness of Refuting Facts

Philosophy of Science·1977·1 author

33citations