Merritt, David (2023) Touching Reality. IAI News.
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Dark matter has never been detected, yet it is a key part of the dominant theory of cosmology. An alternative theory, MOND, is empirically equivalent and more successful at making predictions. But the fact that it has no place for the existence of dark matter is a problem for scientific realists who see science as building on past theories.
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Keywords: | critical scientific realism, empirical equivalence, paradigm shift, dark matter, cosmology, MOND | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Confirmation/Induction Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Theory Change |
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Depositing User: | David Merritt | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 30 Oct 2023 02:14 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2023 00:11 | ||||||
Item ID: | 22699 | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | IAI News | ||||||
Publisher: | The Institute of Art and Ideas | ||||||
Official URL: | https://iai.tv/articles/cosmologys-crisis-challeng... | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Confirmation/Induction Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Theory Change |
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Date: | 25 October 2023 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22699 |
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