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Continuous versions of Haack’s puzzles: equilibria, eigen-states and ontologies

Stern, Julio Michael (2017) Continuous versions of Haack’s puzzles: equilibria, eigen-states and ontologies. [Preprint]

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Abstract

This article discusses some continuous limit cases of Susan Haack's crossword puzzle metaphor for the coherent development and foundation of science. The main objective of this discussion is to build a bridge between Haack’s foundherentism and the epistemological framework of objective cognitive constructivism, including its key metaphor of objects as tokens for eigen-solutions. The historical development of chemical affinity tables is used to illustrate our arguments.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Stern, Julio Michael0000-0003-2720-3871
Additional Information: Compiled directly from the author’s preprint file.
Keywords: Bayesian statistics, cognitive constructivism, eigen-solutions, foundherentism, invariant entities, Muenchhausen trilemma, objectivity criteria, ontology, statistical significance.
Subjects: General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics
General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
General Issues > Evidence
General Issues > Explanation
General Issues > Laws of Nature
Depositing User: Prof. Julio Michael Stern
Date Deposited: 31 Mar 2023 12:29
Last Modified: 31 Mar 2023 12:29
Item ID: 21919
Journal or Publication Title: Logic Journal of the IGPL
Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1093/jigpal/jzx017
DOI or Unique Handle: 10.1093/jigpal/jzx017
Subjects: General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics
General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
General Issues > Evidence
General Issues > Explanation
General Issues > Laws of Nature
Date: 2017
Page Range: pp. 604-631
Volume: 25
Number: 4
ISSN: 1367-0751
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21919

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