- In the
philosophy of science,
underdetermination or the
underdetermination of
theory by data (sometimes
abbreviated UTD) is the idea that
evidence available...
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confirms Einstein's
theory of
general relativity. The
problems of
underdetermination and theory-ladenness are two
obstacles that
threaten to undermine...
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threatening this role are the
problem of
underdetermination and theory-ladenness. The
problem of
underdetermination concerns the fact that the
available evidence...
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inconsistent theory is at
least as
consistent with the evidence.
Underdetermination is an
epistemological issue about the
relation of
evidence to conclusions...
- physics.
Another argument against scientific realism,
deriving from the
underdetermination problem, is not so
historically motivated as
these others. It claims...
- Swinburne,
since our
choice of
theory cannot be
determined by data (see
Underdetermination and Duhem–Quine thesis), we must rely on some
criterion to determine...
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motivated his
holism through extending Pierre Duhem's
problem of
underdetermination in
physical theory to all
knowledge claims. Duhem's idea was, roughly...
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necessary to
cause an effect.
Overdetermination here is in
contrast to
underdetermination, when the
number or
strength of
causes is insufficient.
Freud wrote...
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Carter 2025, § 2. Why Relativism?
Baghramian &
Carter 2025, § 2.4
Underdetermination of
theory by data
Davis 2014
Gemes &
Sykes 2013, p. 673
Coady 2005...
- ISBN 978-0-13-138022-6. Ludlow,
Peter (2014).
Living Words:Meaning
Underdetermination and the
Dynamic Lexicon.
Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-871205-3...
