Ackermann R.J.. Data, Instruments, and Theory: A Dialectical Approach to Understanding Science. Princeton: Princeton University Press,2014. — 230 p.. 2014

Robert John Ackermann deals decisively with the problem of relativism that has plagued post-empiricist philosophy of science. Recognizing that theory and data are mediated by data domains (bordered data sets produced by scientific instruments), he argues that the use of instruments breaks the dependency of observation on theory and thus creates a reasoned basis for scientific objectivity.

Books and textbooks on the discipline Philosophy of Science and Technology:

1. Allen B.. Empiricisms: Experience and Experiment from Antiquity to the Anthropocene. Oxford University Press,2021. — 527 p. - 2021 ãîä
2. Alger Bradley E.. Defense of the Scientific Hypothesis: From Reproducibility Crisis to Big Data. Oxford University Press,2020. — 449 p. - 2020 ãîä
3. Achinstein P.. Speculation: Within and about Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press,2019. — 297 p. - 2019 ãîä
4. Aguirre A., Foster B., Merali Z. (Eds.). What is Fundamental? Springer,2019. — 189 p. - 2019 ãîä
5. Agazzi E. (ed.). Varieties of Scientific Realism: Objectivity and Truth in Science. Springer,2017. — 411 pp. - 2017 ãîä
6. Alai M., Buzzoni M., Tarozzi G. (eds.). Science Between Truth and Ethical Responsibility: Evandro Agazzi in the Contemporary Scientific and Philosophical Debate. Springer,2015. — 337 pp. - 2015 ãîä
7. Achinstein P.. Evidence, Explanation, and Realism: Essays in Philosophy of Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press,2010. — 344 p. - 2010 ãîä
8. Allhoff F.. Philosophies of the Sciences: A Guide. N.-Y.: Wiley-Blackwell,2010. — 386 p. - 2010 ãîä
9. Agassi Joseph. Science in Flux. Springer,1975. — 559 p. - 1975 ãîä