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Blame Not the Laws of Nature

In: Topics in the Foundation of Statistics

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  • Joseph Agassi

    (York University, Department of Philosophy)

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1. Lies, Error and Confusion 2. Lies 3. The Demarcation of Science: Historical 4. The Demarcation of Science: Recent 5. Observed Regularities and Laws of Nature 1. What the public-relations spokespeople say is regularly in the gray area between ignorance, confusion and lies. 2. The integrity of science rests on precarious foundations. The traditional identification of science with proof, without any theory of proof to back it up, today simply harbors danger. 3. Only two rules, Boyle’s and Newton’s, are generally admitted as inherent to science. They functioned remarkably well, but present conditions require new measures. 4. Popper’s demarcation of science is partial: refutability is empirical character, and not every empirical research is scientific. 5. We do not know what in the life sustaining conditions is due to the laws of nature and what is due to mere local regularities.

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  • Joseph Agassi, 1997. "Blame Not the Laws of Nature," Springer Books, in: Bas C. van Fraassen (ed.), Topics in the Foundation of Statistics, pages 131-154, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-94-015-8816-4_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-8816-4_14
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