Construction kits as explanations of possibilities ( Generators of possibilities ) ( DRAFT : Liable to change ) Aaron

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  • Aaron Sloman
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What is science? Beyond Popper and Lakatos Why allowing non-falsifiable theories doesn’t make science soft and mushy Critics of the proposal, e.g. Stich Familiar construction kits Concrete and abstract construction kits Explaining what’s possible vs explaining what happens Historical note on "How is X possible?" Proving impossibility Eventual publication of the paper, in 1976, then as book-chapter Stich Review of 1978 Book

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تاریخ انتشار 2015