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Testing Philosophical Claims about Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2023

David Hull
David Hull*
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Northwestern University
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With respect to the role of evidence in testing statements both within science and about science, four combinations are possible. Logical empiricists such as Hempel (1966) insist that evidence plays a crucial role in the sort of testing that goes on in science. In their own discussions of science, logical empiricists also include occasional examples drawn from science, both current and past, but these examples function only as illustrations of the points that they are making about science, not as tests.

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Part XIV. What Has the History of Science to Say to the Philosopy of Science?
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PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association , Volume 1992 , Issue 2: Volume Two: Symposia and Invited Papers 1992 , 1993 , pp. 468 - 475
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Copyright © 1993 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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Thanks are owed to Kirn Sterelny and Todd Grantham for reading and commenting on an early draft of this paper.

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