Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Catholic Philosophical Association, Volumes 59-60Catholic University of America., 1985 - Philosophy List of members in Proceedings of 2nd- annual meeting. |
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... theory , " 21 and Brandt has said more recently that in the context of justifying an ethical theory " the fact that a person has a firm normative conviction gives that belief a status no better than fiction . " 22 A number of familiar ...
... theory , " 21 and Brandt has said more recently that in the context of justifying an ethical theory " the fact that a person has a firm normative conviction gives that belief a status no better than fiction . " 22 A number of familiar ...
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... theory of science science had been virtually abandoned . And as telescope and microscope opened up the realms of the ... Theory , in the modern inescapably hypothetical sense , had come to stay . II . Theory , Explanatory Success and ...
... theory of science science had been virtually abandoned . And as telescope and microscope opened up the realms of the ... Theory , in the modern inescapably hypothetical sense , had come to stay . II . Theory , Explanatory Success and ...
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... theory might hold ? A much weaker thesis would be that a theory is true if its observable consequences , its predictions , all hold good . In this reading , the causal mechanisms postulated by the theory are assumed to be no more than ...
... theory might hold ? A much weaker thesis would be that a theory is true if its observable consequences , its predictions , all hold good . In this reading , the causal mechanisms postulated by the theory are assumed to be no more than ...
Contents
Beyond Realism | 2 |
PLENARY SESSION | 19 |
Twentyninth Award of the Aquinas Medal | 35 |
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