3. How to Confirm Hypotheses about Unobservables

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. An Example of a Constructive Tree in Darwin 21
5. 2. The Meaning of Independent Confirmation 39
6. 3. How to Confirm Hypotheses about Unobservables 59
7. 4. Fault Tracing 83
8. 5. Examples of Fault Tracing 93
9. 6. Chang’s Paradox 111
10. 7. Escaping Cycles of Confirmation 125
11. 8. The Theory-Ladenness of Observation 145
12. 9. Cycles of Observations 161
13. 10. Van Fraassen’s Paradox 10.1515/9783110685046-011 169
14. 11. Human Values Are Irrelevant to Empirical Justification 179
15. 12. From Constructivism to Metaphysics: Potential Applications 191
16. Bibliography 211
17. Name Index 217
18. Subject Index 219