‘Oumuamua and meta-empirical confirmation.
In: Foundations of Physics, Jg. 52 (2022-08-01), Heft 4, S. 1-21
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Astrophysicist Abraham Loeb suggests that the interstellar interloper 1I/2017 ‘Oumuamua, detected in our solar system in 2017, is alien space debris or even an alien operational probe (Bialy and Loeb 2018; Sheerin & Loeb 2020). Does this conjecture have significant epistemic support, such that it can be justified as a viable hypothesis? In this paper, I propose that the meta-empirical confirmation approach, developed and defended by philosopher and physicist Dawid (2006, 2013, 2018, 2019), provides an appropriate framework to answer this question. I defend this proposal by elucidating how meta-empirical confirmation applies to the ‘Oumuamua case and what specific meta-empirical arguments could support Loeb’s hypothesis. Even though Loeb would not himself endorse meta-empirical confirmation, because it is not traditional empiricism, this case shows that meta-empirical confirmation is not in fact a threat to empiricism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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‘Oumuamua and meta-empirical confirmation.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Matarese, Vera |
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Zeitschrift: | Foundations of Physics, Jg. 52 (2022-08-01), Heft 4, S. 1-21 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2022 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0015-9018 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10701-022-00587-5 |
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