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Van Fraassen’s Constructive Empiricism — A Critique
1996Van Fraassen’s Constructive Empiricism rests on the distinction between believing a theory to be true and believing it to be empirically adequate. This distinction in turn rests on an assumption which seems doubtful in the light of Goodman’s paradox.
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Van Fraassen's Modal Model of Quantum Mechanics
Philosophy of Science, 1974Bas van Fraassen in [4] has recently tried to use modal logic to solve the measurement problem of quantum mechanics. His model is based on a method of expressing quantum states developed by Hugh Everett [1] called the “relative state formulation.” Unfortunately, Everett's mathematics cannot be generalized as van Fraassen requires. The difficulty itself
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Van Fraassen’s Constructive Empiricism and the Concept of Probability
1989This paper contrasts van Fraassen’s conception of probability and his general philosophy of science to realism.Van Fraassen provides his antirealistic philosophy of science with a modal frequency interpretation of probability.The objective of the present paper then is to show that the modal frequency interpretation of probability can well be embedded ...
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The Handbook of Economic Methodology is a major multidisciplinary reference work on the developing field of economic methodology.
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Inference to the Best Explanation and van Fraassen’s Contextual Theory of Explanation: Reply to Park
Axiomathes, 2021Yunus Prasetya
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