Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Melvin Fitting, A.J. Ayer and Jerry A. Fodor
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment
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Participation in an experiment requires agreement about what the outcome will mean [Fodor]
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An experiment is a deliberate version of what informal thinking does all the time [Fodor]
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We can deliberately cause ourselves to have true thoughts - hence the value of experiments [Fodor]
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Interrogation and experiment submit us to having beliefs caused [Fodor]
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification
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We only discard a hypothesis after one failure if it appears likely to keep on failing [Ayer]
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