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The final frontier: Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE)

The final frontier: Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE). “[The] primary issue in the defence of scientific realism is selective scepticism: epistemic discrimination against unobservables; unobservable rights” Michael Devitt (220).

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To save the phenomena: constructive empiricism

To save the phenomena: constructive empiricism. [The] belief involved in accepting a scientific theory is only that it ‘saves the phenomena’, that is that it correctly describes what is observable (van Fraassen,185-186). Term paper and final exam.

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Do We See Through a Microscope?

Do We See Through a Microscope?. Kareem Khalifa Department of Philosophy Middlebury College. Overview. The Observable-Unobservable Distinction (UOD) Hacking on UOD Objections to Hacking. I. UOD. UOD’s importance to the realism debate Issues with UOD Maxwell on UOD Van Fraassen on UOD.

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