Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Dennis Whitcomb, Karl Popper and Bas C. van Fraassen
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification
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Give Nobel Prizes for really good refutations? [Gorham on Popper]
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Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper]
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Falsification is the criterion of demarcation between science and non-science [Popper, by Magee]
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We don't only reject hypotheses because we have falsified them [Lipton on Popper]
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If falsification requires logical inconsistency, then probabilistic statements can't be falsified [Bird on Popper]
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When Popper gets in difficulties, he quietly uses induction to help out [Bird on Popper]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science
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Good theories have empirical content, explain a lot, and are not falsified [Popper, by Newton-Smith]
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To accept a scientific theory, we only need to believe that it is empirically adequate [Fraassen]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction
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There is no such thing as induction [Popper, by Magee]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 4. Reason in Induction
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Science cannot be shown to be rational if induction is rejected [Newton-Smith on Popper]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation
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Science does not aim at ultimate explanations [Popper]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / c. Against best explanation
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Why should the true explanation be one of the few we have actually thought of? [Fraassen, by Bird]
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Inference to best explanation contains all sorts of hidden values [Fraassen]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 4. Explanation Doubts / a. Explanation as pragmatic
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An explanation is just descriptive information answering a particular question [Fraassen, by Salmon]
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We accept many scientific theories without endorsing them as true [Fraassen]
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