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...

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Publicado en:Philosophy of Science Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 355 - 366
Autor principal: Vollmer, Sara
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press Sep2000
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