A realist partner for Linda: confirming a theoretical hypothesis more than its observational sub-hypothesis |
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| Authors: | Theo A. F. Kuipers |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Centre for Applied Social Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK;(2) Centre for Applied Social Psychology, School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde, Graham Hills Building, 40 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1QE, UK; |
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| Abstract: | It is argued that the conjunction effect has a disjunctive analog of strong interest for the realism–antirealism debate. It is possible that a proper theory is more confirmed than its (more probable) observational sub-theory and hence than the latter’s disjunctive equivalent, i.e., the disjunction of all proper theories that are empirically equivalent to the given one. This is illustrated by a toy model. |
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