Bacciagaluppi, Guido (2019) Adaptive Empiricism. Lost in Physics and Metaphysics – Questioni di Realismo Scientifico. pp. 99-113.
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Abstract
This paper presents a sketch of a moderately anti-realist position in philosophy of science that is a modification of Van Fraassen’s constructive empiricism and that I call ‘adaptive empiricism’. This modification is motivated by the intuition that assessing what is or is not observable should be an important element of theory choice for an empiricist. (I use cases of underdetermination as examples.) Thus I argue that Van Fraassen’s distinction between what is observable and what is unobservable should be adapted to changing theoretical and experimental contexts. I close with some ideas as to how to develop this position more fully.
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| Keywords: | empiricism, Van Fraassen, observable-unobservable distinction, phenomena, underdetermination | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Theory Change General Issues > Theory/Observation |
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| Depositing User: | Guido Bacciagaluppi | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 31 Aug 2019 22:56 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 31 Aug 2019 22:56 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 16392 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Lost in Physics and Metaphysics – Questioni di Realismo Scientifico | ||||||
| Publisher: | Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | https://doi.org/10.4081/incontri.2019.465 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Theory Change General Issues > Theory/Observation |
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| Date: | 1 January 2019 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 99-113 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16392 |
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