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instrumentalism of scientific theories and constructive empiricism
Definición
- Our scientific theories allow us to systematize and to predict observational experience; and in so doing, they frequently postulate the existence of various unobservable entities and processes that are supposedly responsible for, and thus help us to explain, such occurrences. For example, it is a commonplace that unsupported bodies drop; our scientific theories allow us to calculate how quickly they will fall and also tell us that this is because of the strength of the gravitational field. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Instrumentalism of Scientific Theories and Constructive Empiricism]
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