@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 28 Mar 2024}, author = {Poundstone, W.}, subject = {Theories}, note = {I 278 Theory/Poundstone: Newton's law of gravitation could be confirmed even in ancient times, if you had drawn the right conclusions. >Confirmation, >Verification, >Laws of nature, >Laws, >Gravitation, >Physical laws. I 339ff TheoryPoundstone: should make the world readibly like the key to a cryptography. >Understanding, >Explanations, >Causal explanations. Some theories put a lot of information in the theory itself. >Information Theory of the Brains in a vat: assumes a single Hypoothese about everything and encrypted: "iii ...". >Brains in vat/Putnam, >Brains in vat.}, note = { Poundstone I William Poundstone Labyrinths of Reason, NY, 1988 German Edition: Im Labyrinth des Denkens Hamburg 1995 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=274455} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=274455} }