id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_nw364nloqrhb3guxgdc4dyzzku Mark Newman Thinking about Achinstein's philosophy of science 2012 6 .pdf application/pdf 2797 152 59 evidence, scientific realism, induction, and explanation. touch on the primary criticisms to, and Achinstein's replies regarding, evidence and Achinstein has developed four different concepts of evidence, but argues that Achinstein of failing to provide a characterization of evidence ''relevant'' to instead that scientists should use a notion of evidence where it provides objectively Achinstein argues therefore that evidence is an empirical, not an a priori matter. Kitcher complains that the concept of evidence Achinstein uses is not evidence'' in a way Achinstein's definition cannot. Scientists want evidence that is a sign of the truth, not merely reasonable to believe Is Achinstein correct in thinking scientists want a concept of evidence defined as evidence is most important for scientists?'' Here, he argues historically that when measles (since veridical evidence requires the truth of the hypothesis). scientists have for a hypothesis (first order) and then there is also evidence regarding ./cache/work_nw364nloqrhb3guxgdc4dyzzku.pdf ./txt/work_nw364nloqrhb3guxgdc4dyzzku.txt