Worrall, John
Professor John Worrall
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Experience keywords:
optics; 19th century; physics; science; evidence; evidence-based medicine; logic; Realism -v- Instrumentalism
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Languages: French [Spoken: Basic, Written: Intermediate]; German [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]
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The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.
Worrall, John (2011) Causality in medicine: getting back to the Hill top. Preventive medicine, 53 (4-5). pp. 235-238. ISSN 0091-7435 Worrall, John (2010) For universal rules, against induction. Philosophy of science, 77 (5). pp. 740-753. ISSN 0031-8248 Worrall, John (2010) Evidence: philosophy of science meets medicine. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 16 (2). pp. 356-362. ISSN 1356-1294 Worrall, John (2010) Error, tests and theory confirmation. In: Mayo, Deborah G. and Spanos, Aris, (eds.) Error and inference: recent exchanges on experimental reasoning, reliability, and the objectivity and rationality of science. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 125-154. ISBN 9780521880084 Worrall, John (2010) Do we need some large, simple randomized trials in medicine? In: Suárez, Mauricio and Dorato, Mauro and Rédei, Miklós, (eds.) EPSA philosophical issues in the sciences: launch of the European Philosophy of Science Association. Springer, London, UK, pp. 289-302. ISBN 9789048132515 Worrall, John (2009) Underdetermination, realism and empirical equivalence. Synthese, 180 (2). pp. 157-172. ISSN 0039-7857 Worrall, John (2008) Evidence and ethics in medicine. Perspectives in biology and medicine, 51 (3). pp. 418-431. ISSN 1529-8795 Worrall, John (2005) Theory-confirmation and history. In: Cheyne, Colin and Worrall, John, (eds.) Rationality and reality: conversations with Alan Musgrave. Kluwer, pp. 31-62. ISBN 9781402042065 Worrall, John (2002) Philosophy of science: classic debates, standard problems, future prospects. In: Machamer, Peter and Silberstein, Michael, (eds.) The blackwell guide to the philosophy of science. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, pp. 18-36. ISBN 9780631221081 Scerri, Eric R. and Worrall, John (2001) Prediction and the periodic table. Studies in the history and philosophy of science part A, 32 (3). pp. 407-452. ISSN 0039-3681 Worrall, John (2000) Pragmatic factors in theory-acceptance. In: Newton-Smith, William, (ed.) A companion to the philosophy of science. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, pp. 349-357. ISBN 9780631230205
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