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Theo Kuipers (University of Groningen)
Wednesday 12 March 2014, 13:00-14:30
Nomic truth approximation by revising models and postulates in the light of increasing evidence
- 👤 Speaker: Theo Kuipers (University of Groningen)
- 📅 Date & Time: Wednesday 12 March 2014, 13:00 - 14:30
- 📍 Venue: Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Abstract
The qualitative theory of nomic truth approximation, presented by Kuipers (2000), in which ‘the truth’ concerns the distinction between nomic, e.g. physical, possibilities and impossibilities, rests on a very restrictive assumption. This paper drops this assumption by fully recognizing two different functions of theories: excluding impossibilities and representing possibilities. Accordingly, theories are conceived of as tuples of postulates and models, where the postulates claim to exclude nomic impossibilities and the (not-excluded) models claim to represent nomic possibilities. Revising theories aiming at truth approximation becomes then a matter of adding or revising models and/or postulates in the light of increasing evidence. Here, truth approximation is defined as a matter of increasing truth content and decreasing falsity content.
Series This talk is part of the CamPoS (Cambridge Philosophy of Science) seminar series.
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