Lutz, Sebastian (2011) Auxiliary Assumptions, Unification, and Intelligent Design: A Defense of Contrastive Testability. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Boudry and Leuridan argue that in a number of cases—and specifically in the case of intelligent design—a theory can be intuitively testable, but not contrastively testable according to Sober’s definition. I argue that their purported counterexamples rely on misunderstandings of the concept of contrastive testability and the version of intelligent design criticized by Sober. I also argue that the liberalization of contrastive testability suggested by Boudry and Leuridan is trivial.
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| Keywords: | testability; contrastive testability; empirical significance; auxiliary assumptions; unification; intelligent design | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Science vs. Pseudoscience General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Theory/Observation |
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| Depositing User: | Sebastian Lutz | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2011 11:26 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 15 Aug 2011 11:26 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 8754 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Science vs. Pseudoscience General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Theory/Observation |
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| Date: | 27 July 2011 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8754 |
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