Can We Test Inconsistent Empirical Theories?
Despite the logical possibility and alleged existence of inconsistent empirical theories, the problem of their testability remains largely unexplored. I develop a testability criterion which makes some of these theories testable, including some observationally inconsistent ones. However, they are no...
| Publicado en: | Logic & Logical Philosophy Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 501 - 546 |
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