Corroboration and Auxiliary Hypotheses: Duhem's Thesis Revisited
Synthese 177 (1):139-149 (2010)
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Darrell P. Rowbottom
Lingnan University
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This paper argues that Duhem’s thesis does not decisively refute a corroboration-based account of scientific methodology (or ‘falsificationism’), but instead that auxiliary hypotheses are themselves subject to measurements of corroboration which can be used to inform practice. It argues that a corroboration-based account is equal to the popular Bayesian alternative, which has received much more recent attention, in this respect.
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Keywords | Corroboration Falsificationism Duhem's Thesis Quine-Duhem Thesis Confirmation Popper |
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DOI | 10.1007/s11229-009-9643-4 |
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The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory.Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem - 1954 - Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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