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14917 | To accept a scientific theory, we only need to believe that it is empirically adequate [Fraassen] |
3214 | The models we use in reasoning may be more like perceptions than like language [Johnson-Laird] |
6784 | Why should the true explanation be one of the few we have actually thought of? [Fraassen, by Bird] |
13066 | An explanation is just descriptive information answering a particular question [Fraassen, by Salmon] |