Predicciones coincidentes (una reformulación del argumento del no milagro)

• Autores: Christián C. Carman
• Localización: Agora: papeles de filosofía, ISSN 0211-6642, Vol. 29, Nº 1, 2010, págs. 25-51
• Idioma: español
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  • Realistas y antirrealistas asumen que la verdad es condición necesaria (aunque, por supuesto, no suficiente) de una predicción sorprendente. Los realistas asumen que de esa verdad es posible inferir el realismo de la parte teórica y los antirrealistas lo niegan, pero ninguno de ellos pone en duda el carácter verdadero de la predicción. Sin embargo, si la predicción no es incuestionablemente observable (¿y qué lo es?) el antirrealista podría directamente negar que se trate de una predicción sorprendente. Así, el argumento realista quedaría fuertemente debilitado al quedar cuestionado su explanandum. Aquí presentamos una reformulación del argumento que evita esta dificultad

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