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In [[philosophy of | In [[philosophy of Scienceย is merely a tool whereby humans predict observations in a particular domain of [[nature]] by formulating laws, which state or summarize regularities, while theories themselves do not reveal supposedly hidden aspects of [[nature]] that somehow explain these laws. Instrumentalism is a perspective originally introduced by Pierre Duhem in 1906. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:03, 21 February 2024
In [[philosophy of Science is merely a tool whereby humans predict observations in a particular domain of nature by formulating laws, which state or summarize regularities, while theories themselves do not reveal supposedly hidden aspects of nature that somehow explain these laws. Instrumentalism is a perspective originally introduced by Pierre Duhem in 1906.