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  1. Philosophy Of Science

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    Constructive Empiricism (Bas van Fraassen): Science aims only for theories that are empirically adequate—that accurately describe all observable phenomena. Unobservable entities remain ontologically indeterminate.
    A notable challenge to realism is the Pessimistic Meta-Induction (PMI), which argues that past successful theories (e.g., the Aether theory, Phlogiston theory) were later foun…