Abstract Van Fraassen infers the truth of the contextual theory from his observation that it has passed a crucial test. Mizrahi infers the comparative truth of our best theories from his observation that they are more successful than their competitors…. Read More ›
Bas van Fraassen
Replies to Healey’s Comments Regarding van Fraassen’s Positions, Seungbae Park
Richard Healey makes four useful comments on my paper (2019a) where I criticized Bas van Fraassen’s positions. The four comments concern the issues of whether ‘disbelief’ is appropriate or inappropriate to characterize van Fraassen’s position, what the relationship between a… Read More ›
Four Points in Response to Seungbae Park, Richard A. Healey
I thank Seungbae for his spirited and enjoyable reply (2019a) to my comments (2019) on his article (2019). Here, I make four brief points in response … [please read below the rest of the article]. Article Citation: Healey, Richard A…. Read More ›
Constructive Empiricism in a Social World: Reply to Richard Healey, Seungbae Park
Bas van Fraassen (2017) argues that we are rational to believe and disbelieve T,[1] a scientific theory that best explains phenomena, relying on the English view of rationality. In addition, he thinks that the belief of T is supererogatory. As… Read More ›
The Aims of Reliable Knowledge: A Reply to Seungbae Park, Richard A. Healey
As a scientific realist, Seungbae Park in his (2019) paper “The Disastrous Implications of the ‘English’ View of Rationality in a Social World” seeks to repel an anti-realist attack from Bas Van Fraassen by turning his opponent’s new epistemology against… Read More ›
Philosophers and Scientists Are Social Epistemic Agents, Seungbae Park
Author Information: Seungbae Park, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, nature@unist.ac.kr Park, Seungbae. “Philosophers and Scientists are Social Epistemic Agents.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 6 (2018): 31-40. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3Yo Please… Read More ›