5 ideas
6782 | Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam] |
14181 | Validity is where either the situation or the interpretation blocks true premises and false conclusion [Etchemendy, by Read] |
14180 | Etchemendy says fix the situation and vary the interpretation, or fix interpretations with varying situations [Etchemendy, by Read] |
8714 | Fictionalists say 2+2=4 is true in the way that 'Oliver Twist lived in London' is true [Field,H] |
22181 | Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha] |