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The pessimistic induction, the flight to reference and the metaphysical zoo

Michael A. Bishop Department of Philosophy, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
Pages 161-178 | Published online: 21 Jul 2010

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K. Brad Wray. (2015) Pessimistic Inductions: Four Varieties. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 29:1, pages 61-73.
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Samuel Ruhmkorff. (2013) Global and Local Pessimistic Meta-inductions. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 27:4, pages 409-428.
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Jamin Asay. (2013) Three Paradigms of Scientific Realism: A Truthmaking Account. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 27:1, pages 1-21.
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Nicholas Maxwell. (2019) Aim-Oriented Empiricism and the Metaphysics of Science. Philosophia 48:1, pages 347-364.
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K. Brad Wray. 2018. Resisting Scientific Realism. Resisting Scientific Realism.
Nicholas MaxwellNicholas Maxwell. 2018. The Metaphysics of Science and Aim-Oriented Empiricism. The Metaphysics of Science and Aim-Oriented Empiricism 109 170 .
Juha Saatsi. (2005) Reconsidering the Fresnel–Maxwell theory shift: how the realist can have her cake and EAT it too. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 36:3, pages 509-538.
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