dc.contributor.author | Novick, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Currie, AM | |
dc.contributor.author | McQueen, EW | |
dc.contributor.author | Brouwer, NL | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-08T09:14:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-04-30 | |
dc.description.abstract | We identify a species of experiment—Kon-Tiki experiments—used to demonstrate the competence of a cause to produce a certain effect, and we examine their role in the historical sciences. We argue Kon-Tiki experiments are used to test middle-range theory, to test assumptions within historical narratives, and to open new avenues of inquiry. We show how the results of Kon-Tiki experiments are involved in projective (rather than consequentialist) inferences, and we argue (against Kyle Stanford) that reliance on projective inferences does not
provide historical scientists with any special protection against the problem of unconceived
alternatives. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | John Templeton Foundation | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 87 (2), pp. 213-236. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1086/707553 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 222637 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/37885 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | University of Chicago Press | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Under embargo until 30 April 2021 in compliance with publisher policy. | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2020 by the Philosophy of Science Association. All rights reserved. | |
dc.title | Kon-Tiki experiments | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-08T09:14:38Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1539-767X | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available from University of Chicago Press via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Philosophy of Science | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2019-06-21 | |
exeter.funder | ::John Templeton Foundation | en_GB |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2019-06-21 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2019-07-05T19:29:05Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |