> > Dear all, > > Please join us for the CamPoS (Cambridge Philosophy of Science) seminar > > Wednesday 19th 1-2:30pm in HPS Seminar Room 2. > > Alexander Bird (Bristol) will give a talk entitled "Inference to the Best > Explanation and Paradigms". The abstract is below. > > Best wishes, > > Christopher > > > Abstract: > > Peter Lipton raises several important problems for his model of Inference to > the Best Explanation: Voltaire's objection, Hungerford's objection, and the > problem of Underconsideration. In this paper I argue that Lipton's own > solutions don't fully answer those problems, but that an understanding of the > cognitive processes of science derived from Kuhn's account of exemplars and > paradigm-driven science can do so.
Jackie Goodall Secretarial Assistant Faculty of Philosophy University of Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge CB3 9DA Tel: (01223) (3)35090 email: [email protected]
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