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Ideas for 'The Rationality of Science', 'Brandom on Social Practices and Representations' and 'Models and Reality'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

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If we can't check our language against experience, philosophy is just comparing beliefs and words [Rorty]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science

3853	For science to be rational, we must explain scientific change rationally [Newton-Smith]

3859	We do not wish merely to predict, we also want to explain [Newton-Smith]

3870	The real problem of science is how to choose between possible explanations [Newton-Smith]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

3854	Positivists hold that theoretical terms change, but observation terms don't [Newton-Smith]

3855	Critics attack positivist division between theory and observation [Newton-Smith]