Lexicon of Arguments

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I 73
Theory/Experiment/Science/Fraassen: Tradition: the theory will learn about structure of the world.
Experiment: tests the theory - in contrast to that:
New/Duhem: search for empirical regularities - the search finds its way into the language itself. >Regularities, >Observation language, >Duhem.
Experiment/New: 1. test the empirical adequacy of the theory.
2. fill gaps.
Theory/New: 1. formulation of questions
2. guidelines for experimental setup.
Glymour: it may be that a theory is better supported by evidence is than another, even though both are empirically equivalent. >Empirical equivalence.
I 77
Experiment/Fraassen: is the continuation of the theory-construction by other means. >Theories.

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