To develop an empiricist account of science is to depictit as involving a search for truth only about the empiricalworld, about what is actual and observable… It must involve throughout a resolute rejection of the demand for an explanation of… — Bas Van Fraassen Copy Share Image
To develop an empiricist account of science is to depict it as involving a search for truth only about the empirical world, aboutwhat is actual and observable… It must involve throughout a resolute rejection of the demand for an explanation of the regularities in the observable course of nature, by means of truths concerning a reality beyond what is actual… — Bas van Fraassen Copy Share
To develop an empiricist account of science is to depictit as involving a search for truth only about the empiricalworld, about what is actual… — Bas Van Fraassen Copy Share Image
Philosophers often think all scientists must be scientific realists. If you ask a simple question like "Are electrons real?" the answer will be "Yes".… — Bas van Fraassen Copy Share Image
Certain issues in philosophy of science (having to do with observation and the definition of a theory's empirical import) had beenmisconstrued as issues in… — Bas van Fraassen Copy Share Image
