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The epistemological glaucoma and psematical paradox (autological feature of truth and heterological feature of false)

RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2018
In this paper is considered the main arguments of the deflationary concept of truth: the approaches of A. Tarski, W.V. Quine, H. Putnam and some others.
A N Pavlenko
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An Evaluation of an Empathic Reading of Faith in Hume’s Philosophy with a Focus on Contemporary Psychological Interpretations [PDF]

Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī
David Hume’s philosophy of religion is conventionally portrayed as a relentless critique of natural theology, miracles, and rational proofs for God, leading many interpreters to cast him as a precursor to atheism.
Farideh Lazemi, Mohammad Asghari
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Deconstructing van Fraassen's observable/unobservable dichotomy [PDF]

, 2012
Van Fraassen bases his alternative to scientific realism, constructive empiricism, on a dichotomy between the observable and the unobservable. This paper argues that the implications of the dichotomy regarding microscopy can not be made to stand, and ...
Mario, Bacelar Valente
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A case for old-fashioned observability, and a reconstructed constructive empiricism

, 2004
I develop a concept of observability that pertains to qualities rather than objects: a quality is observable if it can be registered by human sensation (possibly with the aid of instruments) without involving optional interpretations.
Chang, Hasok, Chang, H
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Generalizing Empirical Adequacy I: Multiplicity and Approximation [PDF]

, 2011
Based on a formalization of constructive empiricism’s core concept of empirical adequacy, I show that some previous discussions rest on misunderstandings of empirical adequacy.
Lutz, Sebastian
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Muller's Critique of the Argument for Aim-Oriented Empiricism

, 2009
For over thirty years I have argued that we need to construe science as accepting a metaphysical proposition concerning the comprehensibility of the universe.
Maxwell, Nicholas, Maxwell, N
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Empiricism, Structuralism and Scientific Change

Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 2008
In the last decades there was a structural turn in the classic debate between scientific realists and antirealists with empiricist orientation. Two main arguments support the realist conception: the ‘No Miracle Argument’ and the thesis of continuity. The
Susana Lucero
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Should We Believe in Cells, or Just Remain Agnostic about Them? A Critical Analysis Through Bas van Fraassen’s Lenses.

Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
For constructive empiricism, being observable or unobservable is defining for deciding about the empirical adequacy and epistemic value of theory components. The classification of microscopic images has been particularly debated.
Juan Larrain
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Can Modal Agnosticism Save Constructive Empiricism?

, 2020
In this paper I argue that by adopting modal agnosticism, the constructive empiricist can overcome the scientific realist’s main objection. After introducing Bas van Fraassen’s constructive empiricism and showing how he can respond to three traditional ...
Beek, Martin
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In Defence of Constructive Empiricism: Metaphpysics versus Science [PDF]

, 2003
A defence of constructive empiricism against an attack of N. Maxwell by means of his pet-thesis that science implicitly and permanently accepts a metaphysical thesis about the nature of the universe. We argue that Maxwell's attack can be beaten off; that
Muller, F.A.
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