Dean Peters
Biographic Data
| ID | 5969825 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dean Peters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dean |
| FAMILY NAME | Peters |
| SIGNATURE | PETERS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What Elements of Successful Scientific Theories Are the Correct Targets for “Selective” Scientific Realism
Selective scientific realists disagree on which theoretical posits should be regarded as essential to the empirical success of a scientific theory. A satisfactory account of essentialness will show that the (approximate) truth of the selected posits adequately explains the success of the theory. Therefore, ( a ) the essential elements must be discernible prospectively; ( b ) there cannot be a priori criteria regarding which type of posit is essen…
What Elements of Successful Scientific Theories Are the Correct Targets for “Selective” Scientific Realism
Selective scientific realists disagree on which theoretical posits should be regarded as essential to the empirical success of a scientific theory. A satisfactory account of essentialness will show that the (approximate) truth of the selected posits adequately explains the success of the theory. Therefore, ( a ) the essential elements must be discernible prospectively; ( b ) there cannot be a priori criteria regarding which type of posit is essen…
What Elements of Successful Scientific Theories Are the Correct Targets for “Selective” Scientific Realism
Selective scientific realists disagree on which theoretical posits should be regarded as essential to the empirical success of a scientific theory. A satisfactory account of essentialness will show that the (approximate) truth of the selected posits adequately explains the success of the theory. Therefore, ( a ) the essential elements must be discernible prospectively; ( b ) there cannot be a priori criteria regarding which type of posit is essen…
A priori and a posteriori (1 work) · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Philosophy and History of Science (1 work) · Realism (1 work) · Science and Climate Studies (1 work) · Scientific progress (1 work) · Scientific realism (1 work)