Two Kinds of Observation: Why van Fraassen Was Right to Make a Distinction, but Made the Wrong One.
Comments on the epistemic distinction made by empiricist van Fraassen regarding the observation of objects with the naked eye. Details on the principle of diffraction; Importance of the inhomogeneity function of objects for the inverse Fourier transform of perturbed waves; Comparison between ordina...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 355 - 366 |
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Cambridge University Press
Sep2000
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| Sumario: | Comments on the epistemic distinction made by empiricist van Fraassen regarding the observation of objects with the naked eye. Details on the principle of diffraction; Importance of the inhomogeneity function of objects for the inverse Fourier transform of perturbed waves; Comparison between ordinary visual and instrument-assisted observations. |
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