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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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Paul Feyerabend on Empirical Content - Dictionary of Arguments
I 364 Empirical Content/Theory/Vienna Circle/Feyerabend: The empirical content of a theory can be found by looking at how much of it can be translated into an ideal language whose empirical properties are easily recognizable. >Theories, >Ideal language, >Translation, >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. |
Feyerabend I Paul Feyerabend Against Method. Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge, London/New York 1971 German Edition: Wider den Methodenzwang Frankfurt 1997 Feyerabend II P. Feyerabend Science in a Free Society, London/New York 1982 German Edition: Erkenntnis für freie Menschen Frankfurt 1979 |
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