Chen, Ruey-Lin and Hricko, Jonathon (2016) Experimental Individuation and Retail Arguments. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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Abstract
Magnus and Callender (2004) argue that we ought to focus on retail arguments, which are arguments regarding the existence of particular kinds of theoretical entities, as opposed to theoretical entities in general. However, scientists are the ones who put forward retail arguments, and it’s unclear how philosophers can engage with such arguments. We argue that philosophers can engage with retail arguments by providing criteria that they must satisfy in order to demonstrate the existence of theoretical entities. We put forward experimental individuation as such a criterion---when scientists experimentally individuate an entity, a realist conclusion about that entity is warranted.
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| Keywords: | Scientific Realism, Individuation, Theoretical Entities, Experimentation | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Chemistry General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > History of Science Case Studies Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Theory Change |
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| Depositing User: | Jonathon Hricko | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2016 16:01 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 24 Jul 2016 16:01 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 12301 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Chemistry General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > History of Science Case Studies Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Theory Change |
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| Date: | 24 July 2016 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12301 |
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