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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 3. Instrumentalism

4713	For Quine, theories are instruments used to make predictions about observations [Quine, by O'Grady]
	Full Idea: Quine's epistemological position is instrumentalist. Our theories are instruments we use to make predictions about observations.
	From: report of Willard Quine (works [1961]) by Paul O'Grady - Relativism Ch.3
	A reaction: This is the pragmatist in Quine. It fits the evolutionary view to think that the bottom line is prediction. My theory about the Pelopponesian War seems an exception.