Circles without circularity
pp. 405-428
Abstract
Conventionalism, though forced upon us by Duhem’s thesis, leaves us with the stark realization that theory determines observational meaning, that no independent source of the meaning of observation terms is available, and that testing as ‘consulting the facts’ plays a relatively less distinguished role in science than we would have wished (Butts 1976, p. 48).
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Published in:
Brown James Robert, Mittelstrass Jürgen (1989) An intimate relation: studies in the history and philosophy of science presented to Robert E. Butts on his 60th birthday. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 405-428
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-2327-0_20
Full citation:
Carrier Martin (1989) „Circles without circularity“, In: J. Brown & J. Mittelstrass (eds.), An intimate relation, Dordrecht, Springer, 405–428.