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Underdetermination and the Problem of Identical Rivals.

If two theory formulations are merely different expressions of the same theory, then any problem of choosing between them cannot be due to the underdetermination of theories by data. So one might suspect that we need to be able to tell distinct theories from mere alternate formulations before we can...

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Published in:Philosophy of Science Vol. 70; no. 5; pp. 1256 - 1265
Main Author: Magnus, P. D.
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press Dec2003
Subjects:
Atomic theory
Metaphysical cosmology
Quantum theory
Electrons
Protons
Matrix mechanics
Wave mechanics
Quine, Willard Van Orman, 1908-2000
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