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Objective description in physicsIn Tomas Marvan, Hanne Andersen, Hasok Chang, Benedikt Löwe & Ivo Pezlar (eds.), Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology, College Publications. 2022.I argue against the claim -- advocated by Albert Einstein, Bernard Williams, and Ted Sider, among others -- that a description is objective only if it says how the world is in itself. Instead, I argue for the claim -- inspired by comments of Niels Bohr -- that a family of descriptions is objective only if they co-vary with their respective descriptive contexts. Moreover, I claim that "there is a shared objective reality" simply means that it is possible to satisfy this kind of covariance requi…Read more
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
PhD, 2022
Copenhagen, Denmark
Areas of Specialization
Metaphilosophy |
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Physical Science |
Rudolf Carnap |
Social Epistemology |
Areas of Interest
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Metaphilosophy |
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Language |
Philosophy of Physical Science |
Rudolf Carnap |
Social Epistemology |