@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
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