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| Antirealism: (Michael Dummett) the thesis that it has to be possible to be shown through behavior that alternatives to an assumed fact could make a difference. In the case of undecidable sentences such as the number of geese on the Capitol this is not possible._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Bas van Fraassen on Anti-Realism - Dictionary of Arguments
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._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Fr I B. van Fraassen The Scientific Image Oxford 1980 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28