Scientific Understanding, Fictional Understanding, and Scientific Progress
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DOI: 10.1007/s10838-019-09480-8
Abstract: The epistemic account and the noetic account hold that the essence of scientific progress is the increase in knowledge and understanding, respectively. Dellsén (J Gen Philos Sci 49(3):451–459, 2018) criticizes the epistemic account (Park in… read more here.
Keywords: epistemic account; progress; philos sci; scientific progress ... See more keywords
Everettian theory as pure wave mechanics plus a no-collapse probability postulate
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-019-02467-4
Abstract: Proposed derivations of the Born rule for Everettian theory are controversial. I argue that they are unnecessary but may provide justification for a simplified version of the Principal Principle. It’s also unnecessary to replace Everett’s… read more here.
Keywords: philos sci; collapse; everettian theory; postulate ... See more keywords