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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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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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Realismo y antirrealismo en la concepción semántica de las teorías científicas
Crítica, 2018 Bas van Fraassen, one of the most energetic defenders of the semantic conception of scientific theories, has recently held that while scientific theories can be identified through their models they cannot be identified with them (van Fraassen [1985], cf.
León Olivé
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Notes on a complicated relationship: scientific pluralism, epistemic relativism, and stances. [PDF]
Synthese, 2021 Veigl SJ.
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On the pragmatic and epistemic virtues of inference to the best explanation. [PDF]
Synthese, 2021 Pettigrew R.
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Data models, representation and adequacy-for-purpose. [PDF]
Eur J Philos Sci, 2021 Bokulich A, Parker W.
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