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A Reply to Torretti and Giannoni

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Frank Jackson  and
Robert Pargetter
Frank Jackson
Affiliation:
Monash University
Robert Pargetter
Affiliation:
La Trobe University
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Robert Torretti's objection is verificationism writ large. We reply that verificationism is to be rejected. Carlo Giannoni's objection is that our test for tilting fails because the rod might tilt and yet no current flow through its mid-point. We reply that nevertheless we can test for tilting because there would still be differences detectable with a glavanometer.

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , June 1979 , pp. 310 - 315
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1979

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