Andre Kukla
University of Toronto
30 Papers
167 Citations
Andre Kukla is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Argument & Underdetermination. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 30 publications.
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Papers
Does every theory have empirically equivalent rivals
TL;DR: The instrumentalist argument from the underdetermination of theories by data runs as follows: (1) every theory has empirically equivalent rivals; (2) the only warrant for believing one theory over another is its possession of a greater measure of empirical virtue; (3) therefore belief in any theory is arbitrary.
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Laudan, Leplin, Empirical Equivalence and Underdetermination
TL;DR: Laudan and Leplin this article show that the case for underdetermination is triply doomed: one of its premisses is false, the conclusion wouldn't follow even if the premiss were true, and there are no proposals for alternative avenues to the same conclusion.
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Scientific Realism, Scientific Practice, and the Natural Ontological Attitude
TL;DR: A. Fine et al. as discussed by the authors argue that toutes les pratiques scientifiques, de la theorie de la conjonction a l'argument des modeles multiples, sont compatibles a la fois avec le realisme and l'antirealisme.
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Forster and Sober on the curve-fitting problem
TL;DR: Forster and Forster as discussed by the authors defend the suitability of the courbe candidate, arguing that there exist infinite de candidates who peuvent s'appliquer au meme ensemble de donnees, and les meilleurs candidates present infinite d'imperfections.
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Antirealist Explanations of the Success of Science
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider alternative explanations proposed by antirealists and endorse Leplin's contention that neither van Fraassen's Darwinist explanation nor Laudan's methodological explanation provides the sort of explanatory alternative which is called for in this debate.
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