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REVIEW: Bas van Fraassen, Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective [PDF]
Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science, 2009 Readers of Bas van Fraassen’s previous work will find his newest book, Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective (2008), packed with many familiar theses, albeit defended in interesting new ways. Those interested in the debate between scientific realists and anti-realists, in particular, will find this a more satisfying sequel to his first ...
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Non-causal laws: an alternative hypothesis to Armstrong’s hypothesis
Principia: An International Journal of EpistemologyNon-causal laws have long been a thorn in David Armstrong’s side. This paper aims to provide a more accommodating framework for these laws within Armstrong’s metaphysics of laws of nature.
Eduardo Castro
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Jonh Locke e o realismo científico [PDF]
Princípios, 2007 This article has as its aim to discuss the insertion of John Lock in the philosophy of scientific realism in what concerns to the debate realism/empiricism.
Marcos Rodrigues da Silva
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El concepto de teoría empírica según van Fraassen
Crítica, 2018 En los años setenta cristaliza un nuevo enfoque en la filosofía de la ciencia, el cual venía gestándose desde diferentes direcciones. Se conforma una concepción de teoría empírica —tanto de su naturaleza como de su estructura y función esencialmente ...
Ana Rosa Pérez Ransanz
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In praise of Sorensen’s ‘blockage theory’ on shadows
Filosofia Unisinos, 2018 In his famous book Seeing Dark Things: The Philosophy of Shadows (2008), Roy Sorensen put forward a ‘blocking theory of shadows’, a causal view on these entities according to which a shadow is an absence of light caused by blockage. This approach allows
Alessio Gava
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Models, truth and realism: assessing Bas van Fraassen's views on scientific representation [PDF]
Manuscrito, 2011 This paper is devoted to an analysis of some aspects of Bas van Fraassen's views on representation. While I agree with most of his claims, I disagree on the following three issues. Firstly, I contend that some isomorphism (or at least homomorphism) between the representor and what is represented is a universal necessary condition for the success of any
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What would it Mean to Directly Observe Electrons?
Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 2004 In this paper it is argued that a proper understanding of the justification of perceptual beliefs leaves open the possibility that normal humans, unaided by microscopes, could genuinely know, by direct observation, of the existence of a theoretical ...
David Mitsuo Nixon
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Philosophia Scientiæ, 2009 This essay deals with the question whether quarks—the basic components of matter and one of the youngest confirmed particles in high energy physics—can be observed directly or indirectly.
Tobias Fox
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Realismo Científico Empirista?
Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 1997 In his influential criticism of scientific realism, Bas van Fraassen assumes that this doctrine is incompatible with empiricism, according to which the sole ultimate basis of knowledge is experience.
Sílvio Seno Chibeni
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Van Fraassen, Everett, and the Critique of the Copenhagen View of Measurement
Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 2008 Bas van Fraassen advocates a “Copenhagen variant” of the modal interpretation of quantum mechanics. However, he believes that the Copenhagen approach to measurement is not fully satisfactory, since it seems to rule out the possibility of providing a ...
Stefano Osnaghi
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