“A good scientific law or theory is falsifiable just because it makes definite claims about the world. For the falsificationist, If follows fairly readily from this that the more falsifiable a theory is the better, in some loose sense of… — Alan F. Chalmers Copy Share Image
“Imagine a skilled botanist accompanied by someone like myself who is largely ignorant of botany taking part in a field trip into the Australian… — Alan F. Chalmers Copy Share Image
“The point is that if the knowledge that provides the categories we use to describe our observations is defective, the observation statements that presuppose… — Alan F. Chalmers Copy Share Image
“One attempt to avoid the problem of induction involves weakening the demand that scientific knowledge be proven true, and resting content with the claim… — Alan F. Chalmers Copy Share Image
“It would seem that the scientific revolution involved not just a progressive transformation of scientific theory, but also a transformation in what were considered… — Alan F. Chalmers Copy Share Image
“A good scientific law or theory is falsifiable just because it makes definite claims about the world. For the falsificationist, If follows fairly readily… — Alan F. Chalmers Copy Share Image
