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Review: The Scientific ImageUser Review - Victoria - GoodreadsWhile it wasn't exactly well-written (I felt that the brilliant Bas Van Fraassen could be more concise), he makes such incredible points that it doesn't matter. Plod through this book at all costs. It ... Read full review Review: The Scientific ImageUser Review - Joshua Stein - Goodreadsvan Fraassen's Scientific Image is one of the most difficult and engaging pieces of philosophy I've read in recent memory. It provides, at once, a compelling argument for empiricism and, in its ... Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrasesaccepted actual anti-realist argue argument assertion atoms axioms belief called classical mechanics common cause concepts constructive empiricism context contrast-class correct correlation countable counterfactual direct answer discussion distinction electrons empirical adequacy empirical import empirically adequate empirically equivalent empiricism empiricist entail epistemic epistemic probability exactly example experiment experimental explanatory power explication fact factors finite formulation frequency interpretation give given Hence hidden variables Hilary Putnam hypothesis imply infinite interpretation language logical logical positivism means measurement metaphysical microstates modal models motion Newton's objective observable phenomena outcomes philosophical philosophy of science physics position possible postulate pragmatic predictions premiss presupposition principle prob probability space probability theory problem proposition quantum mechanics question reason Reichenbach relation relative frequency Salmon scientific realism scientific theory scientists Sellars semantics sense sentence sequence sort statement structure Suppose syntactic theoretical entities tion topic true truth unobservable vector why-questions Wilfrid Sellars References to this bookFrom other books
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