Lexicon of Arguments

Philosophical and Scientific Issues in Dispute
 
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I 18
Anti-Realism/VsAnti-Realism: what he believes about the world depends on what kind of world he believes to be in. >Possible worlds.
Fraassen VsVs: (pro anti-realism): this would presuppose that epistemology provided the same results, regardless of the span of evidence available to us - that would presuppose skepticism. Solution/Fraassen: empirical adequacy: a theory should correctly describe phenomena ("preserve") - then observability depends on our community. >Adequacy.
I 31
Anti-Realism/Science/Fraassen: for him, it is all about increase in knowledge about the observable - Fraassen pro. - Possibly another correlation is assumed between smoking and cancer: lung irritation, etc.
I 219
FraassenVsAnti-Realism: cannot claim that successful theories are simply those that survive without claiming that they are true. >Theories, >Success.

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