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The extent and relevance of instrumentalism, constructivism and critical realism in high school physical science textbooks : a critical study
Instrumentalism is a philosophy of science which holds that scientific theories are merely useful fictions for making computative predictions. Its pragmatic purpose of 'saving the appearances' downgrades the role of theory in science. Realists, on the other hand, take the implications of theories se...
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School of Education
2016
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