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Theory-laden observation and incommensurability
(Vydavatelstvo Slovenskej Akad Vied Veda, 2008)
In this Taper, I investigate the logical relation between two claims: (1) observations are theory-laden(1) and (2) there is no empirical common ground upon which to evaluate successive scientific theories that belong to ...
Popper's Shifting Appraisal of Evolutionary Theory
(Univ Chicago Press, 2017)
Karl Popper argued in 1974 that evolutionary theory contains no testable laws and is therefore a metaphysical research program. Four years later, he said that he had changed his mind. Here we seek to understand Popper's ...
Causal, A Priori True, and Explanatory: A Reply to Lange and Rosenberg
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015)
Sober [2011] argues that some causal statements are a priori true and that a priori causal truths are central to explanations in the theory of natural selection. Lange and Rosenberg [2011] criticize Sober's argument. They ...
REDUCTIONISM IN BIOLOGY: AN EXAMPLE OF BIOCHEMISTRY
(Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2010)
In this paper, I argue that the multiple realizability argument against reductionism does not work in biochemistry and that biochemistry as a reductionist project is a progressive research program. Since the anti-reductionist ...