Realism and Uncertainty of Unobservable Common Causes in Factor Analysis.

Famously, scientific theories are underdetermined by their evidence. This occurs in the factor analytic model (FA), which is often used to connect concrete data (e.g. test scores) to hypothetical notions (e.g. intelligence). After introducing FA, three general topics are addressed. (i) Underdetermin...

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Published in:	Nous (0029-4624) Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 329 - 356
Main Author:	Johnson, Kent
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jun2016
Subjects:	Realism Conceptualism Uncertainty Reasoning Skepticism
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost