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SUMMARY:What can scientific realists think about scientific method(s)? - D
 arrell Rowbottom (Lingnan University\; Durham University)
DTSTART:20180523T120000Z
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DESCRIPTION:First\, I will identify a methodological thesis associated wit
 h \nscientific realism. This has different variants\, but each concerns th
 e \nreliability of scientific methods in connection with acquiring\, or \n
 approaching\, truth or approximate truth. Second\, I will show how this \n
 thesis bears on what scientists should do when considering new theories \n
 that significantly contradict older theories. Third\, I will explore how \
 nvulnerable scientific realism is to a reductio ad absurdum as a result. \
 nFinally\, I will consider which variants of the methodological thesis are
  \nthe most defensible in light of the earlier findings.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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