Alan Chalmersun Quotes
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A far as perception is concerned, the only things with which an observer has direct and immediate contact are his or her experiences.
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Two normal observers viewing the same object from the same place under the same physical circumstances do not necessarily have identical visual experiences, even though the images on their respective retinas may be virtually identical.
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The aim of science is to falsify theories and to replace them by better theories, theories that demonstrate a greater ability to withstand tests.
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Science is widely esteemed. Apparently it is a widely held belief that there is something special about science and its methods.
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Empiricism and positivism share the common view that scientific knowledge should in some way be derived from the facts arrived at by observation.
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Establishing by observation that there is just one black swan falsifies "all swans are white". This is an unexceptional and undeniable point. However, using it as grounds to support a falsificationist philosophy of science is not as straightforward as it might seem.
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A mature science is governed by a single paradigm.
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The confirmations of novel predictions resulting from bold conjectures are very important in the falsificationist account of the growth of science.
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Many kinds of processes are at work in the world around us, and they are all superimposed on, and interact with, each other in complicated ways.
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Which facts are relevant and which are not relevant to a science will be relative to the current state of development of that science.
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Science describes not just the observable world but also the world that lies beyond the appearances. This is a rough statement of realism with respect to science.
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Science progresses by trial and error, by conjectures and refutations. Only the fittest theories survive.
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Scientists are typically good at making scientific progress, but not particularly good at articulating what the progress consists of.