Lexicon of Arguments

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II 299
Instrumentalism/Genz: the program "Grail" corresponds to the long known instrumentalism.
Instrumentalism/Genz: thesis: one does not need any laws of nature, only correct predictions. Only things that can be observed by people are of interest. Different theories are the same if they lead to the same perceptions.
>Predictions, cf. >Operationalism.
Reality: the question of one that would be independent of perception is pointless for instrumentalism (and positivism).
>Perception, >Positivism, >Realism.
Positivism: goes beyond that and denies existence to unobservable things.
II 300
Pragmatic theories/physics/Genz: here is the question: can the theory specify a mechanism that leads from cause to effect?
>Causes, >Effects, >Equations.

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