Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Paul Thagard, Samir Okasha and Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment
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Not all sciences are experimental; astronomy relies on careful observation [Okasha]
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Randomised Control Trials have a treatment and a control group, chosen at random [Okasha]
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification
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The discoverers of Neptune didn't change their theory because of an anomaly [Okasha]
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Science mostly aims at confirming theories, rather than falsifying them [Okasha]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
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Neither a priori rationalism nor sense data empiricism account for scientific knowledge [Thagard]
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Theories with unobservables are underdetermined by the evidence [Okasha]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability
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Two things can't be incompatible if they are incommensurable [Okasha]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction
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Induction is inferences from examined to unexamined instances of a given kind [Okasha]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem
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Bayesian inference is forced to rely on approximations [Thagard]
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If the rules only concern changes of belief, and not the starting point, absurd views can look ratiional [Okasha]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / c. Explanations by coherence
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1: Coherence is a symmetrical relation between two propositions [Thagard, by Smart]
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2: An explanation must wholly cohere internally, and with the new fact [Thagard, by Smart]
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3: If an analogous pair explain another analogous pair, then they all cohere [Thagard, by Smart]
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4: For coherence, observation reports have a degree of intrinsic acceptability [Thagard, by Smart]
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5: Contradictory propositions incohere [Thagard, by Smart]
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6: A proposition's acceptability depends on its coherence with a system [Thagard, by Smart]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation
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The best theory has the highest subjective (Bayesian) probability? [Thagard]
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