A philosopher's guide to empirical success

被引：14

作者：

Forster, Malcolm R. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Philosophy, Madison, WI 53706 USA

来源：

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE | 2007年 / 74卷 / 05期

关键词：

MODEL;

D O I：

10.1086/525606

中图分类号：

N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;

摘要：

The simple question, what is empirical success? turns out to have a surprisingly complicated answer. We need to distinguish between meritorious fit and 'fudged fit', which is akin to the distinction between prediction and accommodation. The final proposal is that empirical success emerges in a theory dependent way from the agreement of independent measurements of theoretically postulated quantities. Implications for realism and Bayesianism are discussed.

引用

页码：588 / 600

页数：13

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