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Cédric Paternotte

@cedricp.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof. in philosophy of science (Sorbonne University). Sociality, cooperation, consensus, diversity + phil. biology & economics.

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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Je suis en train de demander à ChatGPT si des textes ont été rédigés par une IA ou non. Je l'avais déjà fait l'année dernière. Verdict : les progrès sont énormes. ChatGPT ne va pas forcément dans mon sens, donne des arguments nombreux, précis, nuancés. Je suis soufflé.
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
R.I.P. Béla Tarr
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
1-5/ De la mesure en toutes choses (F. Boudjaaba, J-M Courty & M. Gaille eds), 2021.
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Starting back a thread about (some of) my philosophical readings. I certainly won't read one paper or chapter a day like I once did, but hopefully it will help me re-start reading more than I have for the past few years!
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
C'est un suspense très limité tout de même :) Et l'attente sera brève car ce devrait être pour le printemps prochain.
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
J'ai eu grand plaisir à collaborer avec mes trois collègues et amis, à tel point que j'ai ensuite écrit un autre ouvrage avec l'un d'entre eux - mais je vous en reparlerai car ce sera pour l'année prochaine !
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Notre but, comme dans le projet et le blog (epancopi.hypotheses.org) qui ont donné naissance au livre : discuter des thèmes brûlants liés aux pandémies, mais avec des arguments parfois peu entendus, et que l'on espère à la fois nuancés et précis !
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Covid-19 : enjeux éthiques et épistémologiques – Carnet de recherche du projet ANR Epancopi
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Les sujets ? Les caractéristiques des pandémies, leur lien avec la santé publique, la prise de mesure et l'opposition liberté/santé, le fonctionnement de la science en contexte d'urgence, l'obligation vaccinale. www.editions-hermann.fr/livre/petit-...
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Petit guide de survie intellectuelle face aux pandémies futures-Juliette Ferry-Danini-Editions Hermann
Nous avons toutes les raisons de penser que de nouvelles pandémies pourraient apparaître dans un futur plus ou moins proche, qui viendront de nouveau questionner notre rapport à l&...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Dans une semaine (le 24 septembre) sortira ce livre écrit à 8 mains, avec @floriancova.bsky.social , @ferrydanini.bsky.social et @samlepine.bsky.social. C'est court et n'importe qui peut le lire ! On y discute plusieurs thèmes liés aux pandémies, en éthique et en philosophie des sciences.👇
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Merci beaucoup pour vos messages, je suis très heureux si quoi que ce soit que nous ayons écrit a pu être utile. Concernant le livre, son sujet est différent de celui de la vidéo que vous mentionnez. Il se focalise davantage sur les pandémies et la santé publique que sur la recherche médicale.
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Dr Juliette @ferrydanini.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I wanted to share again the gofundme for @helendecruz.net gofund.me/99b93748
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Support Helen's Children After Her Passing, organized by Marcus Arvan
Help provide Helen De Cruz's children with a better start in life afte… Marcus Arvan a besoin de votre soutien pour Support Helen's Children After Her Passing
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 11/05/2024
185 / #365papers: Kieran Healy (2017), 'Fuck Nuance', Sociological Theory 35(2). journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Fuck Nuance - Kieran Healy, 2017
Nuance is not a virtue of good sociological theory. Although often demanded and superficially attractive, nuance inhibits the abstraction on which good theory d...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 11/05/2024
185 / #365papers: Kieran Healy (2017), 'Fuck Nuance', Sociological Theory 35(2). journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Fuck Nuance - Kieran Healy, 2017
Nuance is not a virtue of good sociological theory. Although often demanded and superficially attractive, nuance inhibits the abstraction on which good theory d...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 11/05/2024
172-184 / #365papers: Eric Winsberg (2018), Philosophy and Climate Science (Cambridge University Press). www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 11/05/2024
172-184 / #365papers: Eric Winsberg (2018), Philosophy and Climate Science (Cambridge University Press). www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 01/05/2024
166-171 / #365papers: James Ladyman & Karoline Wiesner (2020), What is a Complex System? (Yale University Press). yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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What Is a Complex System?
A clear, concise introduction to the quickly growing field of complexity science that explains its conceptual and mathematical foundations What is a complex ...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 01/05/2024
166-171 / #365papers: James Ladyman & Karoline Wiesner (2020), What is a Complex System? (Yale University Press). yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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What Is a Complex System?
A clear, concise introduction to the quickly growing field of complexity science that explains its conceptual and mathematical foundations What is a complex ...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
165 / #365papers: Wendy S. Parker (2011), 'When Climate Models Agree: The Significance of Robust Model Predictions', Philosophy of Science 78(4). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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When Climate Models Agree: The Significance of Robust Model Predictions | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
When Climate Models Agree: The Significance of Robust Model Predictions - Volume 78 Issue 4
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
164 / #365papers: Helen Beebee (2018), 'Philosophical Scepticism and the Aims of Philosophy', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 118(1). academic.oup.com/aristotelian...
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I—The Presidential AddressPhilosophical Scepticism and the Aims of Philosophy
Abstract. I define ‘philosophical scepticism’ as the view that philosophers do not and cannot know many of the substantive philosophical claims that they m
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
165 / #365papers: Wendy S. Parker (2011), 'When Climate Models Agree: The Significance of Robust Model Predictions', Philosophy of Science 78(4). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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When Climate Models Agree: The Significance of Robust Model Predictions | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
When Climate Models Agree: The Significance of Robust Model Predictions - Volume 78 Issue 4
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
164 / #365papers: Helen Beebee (2018), 'Philosophical Scepticism and the Aims of Philosophy', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 118(1). academic.oup.com/aristotelian...
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I—The Presidential AddressPhilosophical Scepticism and the Aims of Philosophy
Abstract. I define ‘philosophical scepticism’ as the view that philosophers do not and cannot know many of the substantive philosophical claims that they m
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
163 / #365papers: Nancy Cartwright (1979), 'Causal Laws and Effective Strategies', Noûs 13(4). jstor.org/stable/2215337
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Causal Laws and Effective Strategies on JSTOR
Nancy Cartwright, Causal Laws and Effective Strategies, Noûs, Vol. 13, No. 4, Special Issue on Counterfactuals and Laws (Nov., 1979), pp. 419-437
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
163 / #365papers: Nancy Cartwright (1979), 'Causal Laws and Effective Strategies', Noûs 13(4). jstor.org/stable/2215337
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Causal Laws and Effective Strategies on JSTOR
Nancy Cartwright, Causal Laws and Effective Strategies, Noûs, Vol. 13, No. 4, Special Issue on Counterfactuals and Laws (Nov., 1979), pp. 419-437
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 01/04/2024
162 / #365papers: Wendy S. Parker (2009), 'Confirmation and Adequacy-for-Purpose in Climate Modelling', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society Supplementary 83(1). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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II—Confirmation and Adequacy‐for‐Purpose in Climate Modelling
Lloyd (2009) contends that climate models are confirmed by various instances of fit between their output and observational data. The present paper argues that what these instances of fit might confir....
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 01/04/2024
162 / #365papers: Wendy S. Parker (2009), 'Confirmation and Adequacy-for-Purpose in Climate Modelling', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society Supplementary 83(1). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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II—Confirmation and Adequacy‐for‐Purpose in Climate Modelling
Lloyd (2009) contends that climate models are confirmed by various instances of fit between their output and observational data. The present paper argues that what these instances of fit might confir....
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 28/03/2024
161 / #365papers: Hilary Greaves (2017), 'Population Axiology', Philosophy Compass 12(11). compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Population axiology
Population axiology is the study of the conditions under which one state of affairs is better than another, when the states of affairs in question may differ over the numbers and the identities of th....
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 28/03/2024
161 / #365papers: Hilary Greaves (2017), 'Population Axiology', Philosophy Compass 12(11). compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Population axiology
Population axiology is the study of the conditions under which one state of affairs is better than another, when the states of affairs in question may differ over the numbers and the identities of th....
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
No, thank *you* for this very useful paper (as well as your related BJPS one, one year later). One day I'll have to check your other ones and your book as well!
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
156-160 / #365papers: Gilles Lipovetsky & Jean Serroy (2023), Le nouvel âge du kitsch - Essai sur la civilisation du "trop" (Gallimard ; chaps 1-4, 10). www.gallimard.fr/Catalogue/GA...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
156-160 / #365papers: Gilles Lipovetsky & Jean Serroy (2023), Le nouvel âge du kitsch - Essai sur la civilisation du "trop" (Gallimard ; chaps 1-4, 10). www.gallimard.fr/Catalogue/GA...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 20/03/2024
155 / #365papers: Anna Alexandrova (2015), 'Well-being and Philosophy of Science', Philosophy Compass 10(3). compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Well‐being and Philosophy of Science
This article is a mutual introduction of the science of well-being to philosophy of science and an explanation of how the two disciplines can benefit each other. In the process, I argue that the scie....
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 20/03/2024
155 / #365papers: Anna Alexandrova (2015), 'Well-being and Philosophy of Science', Philosophy Compass 10(3). compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Well‐being and Philosophy of Science
This article is a mutual introduction of the science of well-being to philosophy of science and an explanation of how the two disciplines can benefit each other. In the process, I argue that the scie....
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 17/03/2024
142-154 / #365papers: Matt Ridley (2020), How Innovation Works (4th Estate). www.harpercollins.com/products/how...
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How Innovation Works
Building on his national bestseller The Rational Optimist, Matt Ridley chronicles the history of innovation, and how we need to change our thinking on the subject.Innovation is the main event of the m...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 17/03/2024
142-154 / #365papers: Matt Ridley (2020), How Innovation Works (4th Estate). www.harpercollins.com/products/how...
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How Innovation Works
Building on his national bestseller The Rational Optimist, Matt Ridley chronicles the history of innovation, and how we need to change our thinking on the subject.Innovation is the main event of the m...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 15/03/2024
141 / #365papers: Evelyn Fox Keller (2000), 'Models Of and Models For: Theory and Practice in Contemporary Biology', Philosophy of Science 67(S3). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Models Of and Models For: Theory and Practice in Contemporary Biology | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
Models Of and Models For: Theory and Practice in Contemporary Biology - Volume 67 Issue S3
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 15/03/2024
141 / #365papers: Evelyn Fox Keller (2000), 'Models Of and Models For: Theory and Practice in Contemporary Biology', Philosophy of Science 67(S3). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Models Of and Models For: Theory and Practice in Contemporary Biology | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core
Models Of and Models For: Theory and Practice in Contemporary Biology - Volume 67 Issue S3
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 15/03/2024
140 / #365papers: Margaret Morrison & Mary S. Morgan (1998), 'Models as mediating instruments', in their (eds) Models as Mediators (Cambridge University Press, chap. 2). www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
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Models as mediating instruments (Chapter 2) - Models as Mediators
Models as Mediators - October 1999
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 15/03/2024
140 / #365papers: Margaret Morrison & Mary S. Morgan (1998), 'Models as mediating instruments', in their (eds) Models as Mediators (Cambridge University Press, chap. 2). www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
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Models as mediating instruments (Chapter 2) - Models as Mediators
Models as Mediators - October 1999
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 14/03/2024
139 / #365papers: Julian Reiss (2013), 'Welfare and Well-Being', in his Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, chap. 12). www.routledge.com/Philosophy-o...
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Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction
Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction is the first systematic textbook in the philosophy of economics. It introduces the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical problems that arise in...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 14/03/2024
139 / #365papers: Julian Reiss (2013), 'Welfare and Well-Being', in his Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, chap. 12). www.routledge.com/Philosophy-o...
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Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction
Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction is the first systematic textbook in the philosophy of economics. It introduces the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical problems that arise in...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 02/03/2024
138 / #365papers: Lorraine Daston (1995), 'The Moral Economy of Science', Osiris 10. www.jstor.org/stable/301910
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Lorraine Daston, The Moral Economy of Science, Osiris, Vol. 10, Constructing Knowledge in the History of Science (1995), pp. 2-24
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 02/03/2024
138 / #365papers: Lorraine Daston (1995), 'The Moral Economy of Science', Osiris 10. www.jstor.org/stable/301910
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The Moral Economy of Science on JSTOR
Lorraine Daston, The Moral Economy of Science, Osiris, Vol. 10, Constructing Knowledge in the History of Science (1995), pp. 2-24
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
130-137 / #365papers: Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard (2023), Histoire d'une science impossible : Cosmologie et épistémologie de 1917 à nos jours (Editions de la Sorbonne). www.editionsdelasorbonne.fr/fr/livre/?GC...
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Histoire d'une science impossible, Cosmologie et épistémologie de 1917 à nos jours (Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard)
Histoire d'une science impossible, Éditions de la Sorbonne (Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard)
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
130-137 / #365papers: Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard (2023), Histoire d'une science impossible : Cosmologie et épistémologie de 1917 à nos jours (Editions de la Sorbonne). www.editionsdelasorbonne.fr/fr/livre/?GC...
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Histoire d'une science impossible, Cosmologie et épistémologie de 1917 à nos jours (Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard)
Histoire d'une science impossible, Éditions de la Sorbonne (Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard)
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 25/02/2024
119-129 / #365papers: Peter Lipton (2004 [1991]), Inference to the Best Explanation (Routledge). www.routledge.com/Inference-to...
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Inference to the Best Explanation
How do we go about weighing evidence, testing hypotheses, and making inferences? According to the model of Inference to the Best Explanation, we work out what to infer from the evidence by thinking ab...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 25/02/2024
119-129 / #365papers: Peter Lipton (2004 [1991]), Inference to the Best Explanation (Routledge). www.routledge.com/Inference-to...
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Inference to the Best Explanation
How do we go about weighing evidence, testing hypotheses, and making inferences? According to the model of Inference to the Best Explanation, we work out what to infer from the evidence by thinking ab...
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
Simultaneous readings, so I won't finish any this weekend, but: Inference to the Best Explanation (Lipton) Far from the Madding Crowd L'empire du Kitsch (Lipovetsky & Serroy).
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Cédric Paternotte @cedricp.bsky.social · 08/02/2024
118 / #365papers: Evandro Agazzi (2018), 'The philosophy of palliative care', Bioethics UPdate 4. www.elsevier.es/en-revista-b...
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