What is the experimentalist challenge to the method of cases?
This paper puts forward a new formulation of the experimentalist challenge to the method of cases. Unlike previous attempts to articulate the challenge, the one proposed is based on a clear characterization of the targeted philosophical methodology. The method of cases is explicated as a form of tho...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 205; no. 2; pp. 1 - 38 |
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