Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for David Fair, Pierre Duhem and Arthur Conan Doyle

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5 ideas

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

22137

Observation can force rejection of some part of the initial set of claims [Duhem, by Boulter]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 6. Theory Holism

18197

Experiments only test groups of hypotheses, and can't show which one is wrong [Duhem]

14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction

22200

If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird [Conan Doyle]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

8326	Science has shown that causal relations are just transfers of energy or momentum [Fair, by Sosa/Tooley]

10379

Fair shifted his view to talk of counterfactuals about energy flow [Fair, by Schaffer,J]