Maddy Indispensability And Practice
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What is it?
Maddy’s reponse to the Quine-Putnam indispensability argument - criticising the underlying confirmational holist thesis.
Where can it be found?
Maddy, P.; Indispensability and practice; The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 84, No. 6; pp. 275 - 289
How does it fit in?
Gives arguments from descriptive inaccuracy against confirmational holism. The descriptive inaccuracies are sourced from both scientific and mathematical practice. However, the interpretation of naturalism that Maddy uses to give her descriptive argument normative bite is a little questionable.
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Summary
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What do I think?
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