Sara Vollmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5969828 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Vollmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara |
| FAMILY NAME | Vollmer |
| SIGNATURE | VOLLMER S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Two Kinds of Observation
van Fraassen's constructivist empiricist account of theories makes an epistemic distinction between entities that can and cannot be observed with the naked eye. A belief about the correctness of a theoretical description of an entity that is observable with the naked eye can be warranted by a theory. In contrast, no theory can warrant a belief about the correctness of a description of an unobservable entity. I argue that we ought to instead adopt…
Two Kinds of Observation
van Fraassen's constructivist empiricist account of theories makes an epistemic distinction between entities that can and cannot be observed with the naked eye. A belief about the correctness of a theoretical description of an entity that is observable with the naked eye can be warranted by a theory. In contrast, no theory can warrant a belief about the correctness of a description of an unobservable entity. I argue that we ought to instead adopt…
Two Kinds of Observation
van Fraassen's constructivist empiricist account of theories makes an epistemic distinction between entities that can and cannot be observed with the naked eye. A belief about the correctness of a theoretical description of an entity that is observable with the naked eye can be warranted by a theory. In contrast, no theory can warrant a belief about the correctness of a description of an unobservable entity. I argue that we ought to instead adopt…
Computer Science (1 work) · Correctness (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Philosophy and History of Science (1 work) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (1 work) · Science and Climate Studies (1 work) · Unobservable (1 work) · Warrant (1 work)