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| Empirical content: Empirical content in philosophy is the information and knowledge that comes from experience and observation. See also Conceptual content, Content, Propositional knowledge, Knowledge, Belief objects, Thought objects, Empiricism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Gerhard Vollmer on Empirical Content - Dictionary of Arguments
II 47 Empirical content/Vollmer: E.g. a causal assertion has more empirical content than a mere assertion of a consequence. - Therefore it is easier to refute. >Theories, >Strength of theories, >Stronger/weaker, >Falsification, >Causality, >Causal laws, >Causal explanation, >Content._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Vollmer I G. Vollmer Was können wir wissen? Bd. I Die Natur der Erkenntnis. Beiträge zur Evolutionären Erkenntnistheorie Stuttgart 1988 Vollmer II G. Vollmer Was können wir wissen? Bd II Die Erkenntnis der Natur. Beiträge zur modernen Naturphilosophie Stuttgart 1988 |
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