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Kuhnian theory-choice,the GWS model,and the neutral current
theory-choice Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model weak neutral current theoretical virtues discovery
2016/6/15
In the Kuhnian view of theory choice, theories, as a matter of empirical fact, often score differently well with regard to the standard theoretical virtues. The case I discuss in this paper, however, ...
Model Uncertainty and Policy Choice:A Plea for Integrated Subjectivism
models decision theory subjectivism climate science economics policy
2016/6/13
A question at the intersection of scientific modeling and public choice is how to deal with uncertainty about model predictions. This "high-level" uncertainty is necessarily value-laden, and thus must...
Delayed-Choice Experiments and the Metaphysics of Entanglement
Delayed-choice experiments double-slit experiment entanglement swapping quantum eraser realism
2016/6/13
Delayed-choice experiments in quantum mechanics are often taken to undermine a realistic interpretation of the quantum state. More specifically, Healey has recently argued that the phenomenon of delay...
Rational theory choice:Arrow undermined,Kuhn vindicated
theory choice scientific rationality arrows theorem
2016/6/12
In a recent paper, Samir Okasha presented an argument that suggests that there is no rational way to choose among scientific theories. This would seriously undermine the view that science is a rationa...
Another Look at Empirical Equivalence and Underdetermination of Theory Choice
Empirical equivalence underdetermination theory choice non-empirical virtues empirical evidence confirmation special relativity Hendrik Lorentz
2016/6/12
In 1991 Larry Laudan and Jarret Leplin proposed a solution for the problem of predictive equivalence and empirical underdetermination. In this paper we claim that, even though Laudan and Leplin’s reas...
Theory choice,good sense and social consensus
Social Choice Pierre Duhem Good Sense Theory Choice Underdetermination
2016/5/30
There has been a significant interest in the recent literature in developing a solution to the problem of theory choice which is both normative and descriptive, but agent-based rather than rule-based,...
Pierre Duhem’s Good Sense as a guide to Theory Choice
good sense natural classification novel predictions theoretical virtues unification virtue epistemology
2011/9/7
This paper examines Duhem’s concept of good sense as an attempt to support a non rule-governed account of rationality in theory choice. Faced with the underdetermination of theory by evidence thesis a...
Pierre Duhem’s Good Sense as a guide to Theory Choice
good sense, natural classification, novel predictions, theoretical virtues, unification, virtue epistemology
2011/9/7
This paper examines Duhem’s concept of good sense as an attempt to support a non rule-governed account of rationality in theory choice. Faced with the underdetermination of theory by evidence thesis a...
The Act of Choice
Choice，free will，action
2010/10/12
Choice is one of the central elements in the experience of free will, but it has not received a good account from either compatibilists or libertarians. This paper develops an account of choice based ...
Causation in Biology: Stability, Specificity, and the Choice of Levels of Explanation
Cause Stability Levels of Explanation Causal Specificity
2009/9/8
This paper attempts to elucidate three characteristics of causal relationships that are significant in biological contexts. Stability has to do with whether a causal relationship continues to hold und...
CHANCE AND CHOICE
CHANCE CHOICE
2008/4/8
It's quite difficult to think of something that computers can't do with numbers, but there is one thing: computers can't produce a genuine 'random number,' like the ones you get by tossing coins or th...
An Auxiliary Motive for Buridan's Ass. Otto Neurath On Choice Without Preference in Science and Society
Buridan's Ass Otto Neurath Vienna Circle auxiliary motive
2008/3/31
In a famous paper of 1913, Otto Neurath argues that both in science and society there occur situations in which two or more alternatives are equally rational. On pain of pseudorationalism (or even spi...
In this paper, one aspect of Carnap's philosophy is examined, namely the relations of Carnap's various views and the rationality of theory acceptance in science.
Irzik, Friedman and others have show...
Carnap and the Rationality of Theory Choice
Carnap the Rationality of Theory Choice Philosophers of Science
2011/9/7
In this paper, one aspect of Carnap's philosophy is examined, namely the relations of Carnap's various views and the rationality of theory acceptance in science. Irzik, Friedman and others have shown ...
In this paper, one aspect of Carnap's philosophy is examined, namely the relations of Carnap's various views and the rationality of theory acceptance in science. Irzik, Friedman and others have shown ...