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Corroboration and auxiliary hypotheses

Duhem's thesis revisited

Darrell P. Rowbottom

pp. 139-149

Abstract

This paper argues that Duhem’s thesis does not decisively refute a corroboration-based account of scientific methodology (or ‘falsificationism’), but instead that auxiliary hypotheses are themselves subject to measurements of corroboration which can be used to inform practice. It argues that a corroboration-based account is equal to the popular Bayesian alternative, which has received much more recent attention, in this respect.

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(2010) Synthese 177 (1).

Pages: 139-149

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9643-4

Full citation:

Rowbottom Darrell P. (2010) „Corroboration and auxiliary hypotheses: Duhem's thesis revisited“. Synthese 177 (1), 139–149.