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The Pessimistic Induction: A Bad Argument Gone Too Far [PDF]
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]
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
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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Breaking out of the citadel: social theory and psychiatry. [PDF]
Poole R, Robinson CA.
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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
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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Against (theory-neutral) method (in consciousness science). [PDF]
Beni MD.
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Does Meta-induction Justify Induction: Or Maybe Something Else? [PDF]
Pitts JB.
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The Philosophical Foundations of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Psychiatry. [PDF]
Medina-Rodríguez JC.
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