Experimentation in the cosmic laboratory.
It might seem impossible to apply Ian Hacking's experimental argument for scientific realism to astrophysical objects; indeed Hacking himself expressed scepticism about extragalactic entities. Such astrophysical antirealism has been the subject of intense debate and is usually seen as an undesired c...
| Published in: | Studies in History & Philosophy of Science Part A Vol. 90; pp. 265 - 275 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Dec2021
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