The No No-Miracles-Argument Argument

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CUREJ - College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal
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No Miracles Argument
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Philosophy of Science
Realism
Anti-realism
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Michael Weisberg
Weisberg
Michael
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The No Miracles Argument is commonly used as a defense of scientific realism. I claim that the No Miracles Argument is begging the question because of the way it uses the notion of best explanation.'' I show this by giving a fundamental account of explanation, describing how these explanations can be compared, and showing that, in the case of the No Miracles Argument, the use of the notion of best explanation'' will entail a correspondence theory of truth. I also show that the first premise of the No Miracles Argument and a correspondence theory of truth entail realism. Hence, the No Miracles Argument is begging the question.

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2007-02-01
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