Suárez, Mauricio
(2006)
Experimental realism defended: how inference to the most likely cause might be sound.
Technical Report (01/06).
Contingency And Dissent in Science Project, CPNSS, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Abstract
On a purely epistemic understanding of experimental realism, manipulation affords a particularly robust kind of causal warrant, which is – like any other warrant – defeasible. I defend a version of Nancy Cartwright’s inference to the most likely cause, and I conclude that this minimally epistemic version of experimental realism is a coherent, adequate and plausible epistemology for science.
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CPNSS |
| Subjects: |
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Date Deposited: |
08 Apr 2006 |
| Last Modified: |
13 Sep 2024 20:02 |
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http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/707 |
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