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> The inability to detect phenomena does not make them "false" or "fake", Certain philosophers, associated with scientific anti-realism, would argue it does m
by Ginden 5y ago
> The inability to detect phenomena does not make them "false" or "fake",
Certain philosophers, associated with scientific anti-realism, would argue it does make them "false" (or rather "undefined" or "null").
https://www.britannica.com/topic/instrumentalism https://www.britannica.com/topic/instrumentalism
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-realism/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-realism/
- tediousdemise 5y agoBy that definition, were bacteria fake until the microscope enabled them to be observed? Scientific anti-realism appears to be an easily refutable logical fallacy.