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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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Constructive Empiricism Without Underdetermination [PDF]
, 2007 According to a widely shared view, Bas van Fraassen is one of the main proponents of the argument from underdetermination. I argue that this opinion rests on a misreading of the Scientific Image.
Van Dyck, Maarten, Maarten Van Dyck
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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Fictionalism, Constructive Empiricism, and the Semantics of Mathematical Language [PDF]
, 2018 Fictionalism, Constructive Empiricism, and the Semantics of Mathematical ...
Park, Jae Yong
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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich +4 more
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Can Modal Agnosticism Save Constructive Empiricism? [PDF]
, 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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An Evaluation of an Empathic Reading of Faith in Hume’s Philosophy with a Focus on Contemporary Psychological Interpretations [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- KalāmīDavid 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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Friedman's ?instrumentalism? and constructive empiricism in economics
Theory and Decision, 1994 This reassessment of the long debate about Friedman's thesis on the pointlessness of testing assumptions in economics shows that Friedman's three famous examples, on which a large part of the credit given to this thesis is based, far from substantiating it, can be used to establish radically opposite conclusions.
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Agency, Causation, and Empiricism
, 2021 Price claims that the agency theory of causation could be understood as a sophisticated form of either realism or empiricism (but not a simple-minded form of any of them).
Majid D. Beni +2 more
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou +3 more
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