Tetronian comments on Were atoms real? - Less Wrong

61 Post author: AnnaSalamon 08 December 2010 05:30PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 09 December 2010 06:19:56PM 1 point [-]

I agree with the resemblance to Quine; it could also be thought of as Philip Kitcher's "unification" model of explanation.

Comment author: komponisto 09 December 2010 06:29:02PM 1 point [-]

And also the coherence theory of truth (replace "X is real" with " 'X exists' is true").