The Unity of Robustness: Why Agreement Across Model Reports is Just as Valuable as Agreement Among Experiments.

A number of philosophers of science have argued that there are important differences between robustness in modeling and experimental contexts, and—in particular—many of them have claimed that the former is non-confirmatory. In this paper, I argue for the opposite conclusion: robust hypotheses are co...

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Publicado en:Erkenntnis Vol. 89; no. 7; pp. 2733 - 2753
Autor principal: Dethier, Corey
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Publicado: Springer Nature Oct2024
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