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199If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix ItBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science 40 (3): 369-375. 1989.
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15Waves, Particles, Independent Tests and the Limits of InductivismPSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1992. 1992.This paper seeks to show that Achinstein's recent attempt to establish that both parties to the wave-particle debate in 19th-century optics were Bayesian conditionalizers forces us to ignore several of the key conceptual issues in that controversy-not least the role of the vera causa principle and, more important still, the role of positive evidence in securing acceptance for the wave theory of light.
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48Damn the Consequences!Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 69 (2). 1995.
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185Progress or Rationality? The Prospects for Normative NaturalismAmerican Philosophical Quarterly 24 (1). 1987.
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77Thoughts on HPS: 20 years laterStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 20 (1): 9-13. 1989.
Areas of Specialization
20th Century Philosophy |
General Philosophy of Science |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Law |
General Philosophy of Science |