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Should Scientists Embrace Scientific Realism or Antirealism? [PDF]
, 2019 If scientists embrace scientific realism, they can use a scientific theory to explain and predict observables and unobservables. If, however, they embrace scientific antirealism, they cannot use a scientific theory to explain observables and ...
Park, Seungbae
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The Role of Truth in Psychological Science [PDF]
, 2018 In a recent paper, Haig and Borsboom explore the relevance of the theory of truth for psychological science. Although they conclude that correspondence theories of truth are best suited to offer the resources for making sense of scientific practice, they
Asay, Jamin
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The Exemplar Approach to Science and Religion [PDF]
, 2019 We can judge whether some activities are scientific or religious, depending on how similar they are to exemplar scientific activities or to exemplar religious activities, even if we cannot specify the necessary and sufficient conditions for science and ...
Park, Seungbae
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Scientific Theory Eliminativism [PDF]
Erkenntnis, 2013 The philosopher of science faces overwhelming disagreement in the literature on the definition, nature, structure, ontology, and content of scientific theories. These disagreements are at least partly responsible for disagreements in many of the debates in the discipline which put weight on the concept scientific theory. I argue that available theories
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Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2019 Evolution is both a fact and a theory. Evolution is widely observable in laboratory and natural populations as they change over time. The fact that we need annual flu vaccines is one example of observable evolution.
Claudia A.M. Russo, Thiago André
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Ochrona Dziedzictwa Kulturowego, 2020 In support of advancing the recognition and inclusion of Indigenous Cultural Heritage in all its diverse forms within the UNESCO World Heritage Convention and World Heritage Site designations, this paper documents and discusses the presentations ...
Diane Archibald
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Categories of Scientific Theories [PDF]
, 2018 We discuss ways in which category theory might be useful in philosophy of science, in particular for articulating the structure of scientific theories. We argue, moreover, that a categorical approach transcends the syntax–semantics dichotomy in twentieth century analytic philosophy of science.
Hans Halvorson, Dimitris Tsementzis
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Relativism and our warrant for scientific theories [PDF]
, 2004 We depend upon the community for justified belief in scientific theory. This dependence can suggest that our individual belief in scientific theory is justified because the community believes it to be justified.
Faulkner, P.
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Localism vs. Individualism for the Scientific Realism Debate [PDF]
, 2019 Localism is the view that the unit of evaluation in the scientific realism debate is a single scientific discipline, sub-discipline, or claim, whereas individualism is the view that the unit of evaluation is a single scientific theory.
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Проект Байкал, 2020 The environmental approach of the 1960-70s gave rise to the question of how the style and the environment correlate and widened the symbolic structure and the context of the city.
Alexander Rappaport
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