Can Scientific Theories Be Warranted with Severity? Exchanges with Alan Chalmers
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1. Experimental Reasoning and Reliability : Can generalizations and theoretical claims ever be warranted with severity? What is an argument from coincidence? Do experimental data so underdetermine general claims that warranted inferences are limited only to the specific confines in which the data have been collected? 2. Objectivity and Rationality : Must scientific progress and rationality be framed in terms of large-scale theory change? Does a negative answer entail a heuristic role for theories? 3. Metaphilosophical Themes : How do philosophical assumptions influence the interpretation of historical cases?
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