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'The Elm and the Expert', 'Foucault: a very short introduction' and 'Pragmatism - eight lectures'
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment
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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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An experiment is a deliberate version of what informal thinking does all the time [Fodor]
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Participation in an experiment requires agreement about what the outcome will mean [Fodor]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
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Theories are links in the causal chain between the environment and our beliefs [Fodor]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science
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Theories are practical tools for progress, not answers to enigmas [James]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 3. Instrumentalism
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True thoughts are just valuable instruments of action [James]
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Pragmatism says all theories are instrumental - that is, mental modes of adaptation to reality [James]
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