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Astronomy and Experimentation.

In this paper I contest Ian Hacking's claim that astronomers do not experiment. Riding on this thesis is a re-evaluation of his view that astronomers are less justified than other natural scientists in believing in the existence of the objects they study, and that astronomers are not proper natural...

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Published in:Techné: Research in Philosophy & Technology Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 252 - 270
Main Author: Sandell, Michelle
Format: Article
Published: Philosophy Documentation Center Fall2010
Subjects:
Astronomy
Experiments
Realism
Computer hacking
Astronomers
Natural history
Scientists
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