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SUMMARY:From manifest image to Musgrave's problem: some comments on van Fr
 aassen's epistemology - Paul Dicken (Department of History and Philosophy 
 of Science)
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CONTACT:Stephen John
DESCRIPTION:Constructive empiricism is an attempt to reconcile what Wilfre
 d Sellars has called our manifest and scientific images of the world. As a
 n epistemological project\, it therefore consists of a delicate balancing 
 act between believing too much\, and believing too little\, of our accepte
 d scientific theories. In this paper\, I try to steer a middle course betw
 een these two extremes\, responding to challenges by both Peter Lipton and
  Alan Musgrave respectively. I conclude with some observations of what the
  constructive empiricist may learn from these considerations about the nat
 ure of belief.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, History and Philosophy of Science\, Department o
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