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The probabilistic no miracles argument. [PDF]

open access: yesEur J Philos Sci, 2016
Sprenger J.
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Review of Bas van Fraassen. Scientific representation: paradoxes of perspective

open access: yes, 2009
Central to Kuhn’s notion of incommensurability are the ideas of meaning variance and lexicon, and the impossibility of translation of terms across different theories. Such a notion of incommensurability is based on a particular understanding of what a scientific language is.
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L’explication scientifique au sein de l’empirisme constructif de Bas van Fraassen

open access: yes, 2015
Ce mémoire de philosophie des sciences est centré autour de la notion d'explication scientifique. Plus précisément, il sera question d'exposer la théorie pragmatique de l'explication proposée par Bas van Fraassen afin de montrer ses rapports avec la théorie de l'empirisme constructif défendue par le même auteur.
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Pragmatismo y empirismo. Acerca de W. James y Bas C. Van Fraassen

open access: yes, 2013
The paper aims to show the reading of some ideas of W. James proposed by van Fraassen in recents articles. In particular, the topics related with the definition of a new Empiricism and its relationships with Pragmatism. This perspective helps to present a different image about some clasic topics in Philosophy of Science. In particular, the elements and
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What can Bas believe? Musgrave and van Fraassen on observability

Analysis, 2006
There is a natural objection to the epistemic coherence of Bas van Fraas sen's use of a distinction between the observable and unobservable in his constructive empiricism, an objection that has been raised with particular clarity by Alan Musgrave. We outline Musgrave's objection, and then consider how one might interpret and evaluate van Fraassen's ...
P. Dicken, P. Lipton
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