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Experimental philosophy + Science involves more than experimental evidence - C C - Oct 2, 2026 Experimental philosophy https://bsky.app/profile/xphilosopher.bsky.social/post/3mwqhyezsrs2b INTRO: There has been a huge amount of experimental philosophy research on the concept of KNOWLEDGE. This research finds that the ordinary concept doesn’t work at all the way philosophers said it does... Science involves much more than experimental evidence https://iai.tv/articles/good-science-requires-much-more-than-evidence-auid-3691?_auid=2020 INTRO: Constructive empiricists believe that, even if a scientific theory makes numerous correct experimental predictions, we are not justified in believing that it tells us anything about reality--all scientific reasoning can reveal is that a theory makes correct predictions. Professor of Philosophy at King's College David Kyle Johnson argues that this is mistaken. In response to Bas van Fraassen, who has written on this subject for the IAI, Johnson argues that, because scientific reasoning involves more than just experiment—historically, appealing also to qualities like parsimony and scope—it can reveal reality through inference to the best explanation. (MORE- details)