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The Pessimistic Induction: A Bad Argument Gone Too Far [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In this paper, I consider the pessimistic induction construed as a deductive argument (specifically, reductio ad absurdum) and as an inductive argument (specifically, inductive generalization).
Mizrahi, Moti
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Expanding the Empirical Realm: Constructive Empiricism and Augmented Observation [PDF]

open access: yes
Manifestationalism holds that science aims only to give us theories that are correct about what has been observed thus far. Several philosophers, including Bas van Fraassen, have argued that manifestationalism cannot make sense of the scientific impetus ...
Dellsén, Finnur
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Van Fraassen's Constructive Empiricism, Symmetry Requirements and Scientific Realism

open access: yes, 1998
Within the framework of a semantic view of science, such as the constructive empiricism advocated by van Fraassen, it is shown that the empiricist position naturally leads to symmetry principles in the construction of models in physics.
Ghins, Michel
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Scientific Realism and Constructive Empiricism: Truth, Empirical Adequacy, and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge

open access: yes, 2018
This study examines the philosophical dialogue between scientific realism and constructive empiricism, focusing on their competing interpretations of scientific theories, truth, empirical adequacy, and the distinction between observable and unobservable ...
Zygoulis, Fotis
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Expanding the empirical realm:: no threat to constructive empiricism

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In his recent “Expanding the Empirical Realm: Constructive Empiricism and Augmented Observation” (2024), Finnur Dellsén recalls a quite fa-mous case that Gideon Rosen put forward against manifestationalism thirty years ago, and maintains that an ...
Gava, Alessio
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