Mathematical instrumentalism meets the conjunction objection |
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| Authors: | James Hawthorne |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma, 73019-0535 Norman, OK, USA |
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| Abstract: | Scientific realists often appeal to some version of the conjunction objection to argue that scientific instrumentalism fails to do justice to the full empirical import of scientific theories. Whereas the conjunction objection provides a powerful critique of scientific instrumentalism, I will show that mathematical instrumentalism escapes the conjunction objection unscathed. |
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