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Reference Failure

Reference Failure is a philosophical thesis within the debate between scientific realism and anti-realism denoting the purported inability of scientific theories to successfully refer to unobservable entities or their properties due to the absence of genuine ontological commitment or referential continuity across theory change.

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26

Authors

21

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2017–2026

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Publications

15

MIS RESEARCH: REFERENCE DISCIPLINES AND A CUMULATIVE TRADITION

Peter G. W. Keen · Journal of the Association for Information Systems · 1980 · 489 citations · Full text

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Experimenting with the king of France: Topics, verifiability and definite descriptions

Márta Abrusán, Kriszta Szendröi · Semantics and Pragmatics · 2013 · 129 citations · Full text

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A ristotle and Nonreferring Subjects

William Jacobs · Phronesis · 1979 · 49 citations

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Realism, Reference and Perspective

Carl Hoefer, Genoveva Martí · PhilSci-Archive (University of Pittsburgh) · 2020 · 31 citations · Full text

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Reference Failure and Scientific Realism: a Response to the Meta-induction

David Cummiskey · The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science · 1992 · 29 citations

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Authors

26

  1. AS
    Alberto Siracusano

    University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  2. CH
    Carl Hoefer

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  3. MG
    Mario Gómez‐Torrente

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  4. MD
    Michael Durrant

    Child & Family Service, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  5. WR
    William R. Miller

    University of New Mexico, United States

    1 publications · 25 citations

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Institutions

21

  1. Kent State University

    Kent, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  2. University College Lahore

    Lahore, Pakistan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    129 citations

  3. Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès

    Toulouse, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    129 citations

  4. Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    49 citations

  5. Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    129 citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    129 citations

  7. Somerville Hospital

    Somerville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    129 citations

  8. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    129 citations

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  2. Semantics and Pragmatics

    1 publications · 129 citations

    1

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  3. Schizophrenia Bulletin

    1 publications · 26 citations

    1

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  4. Journal of the Association for Information Systems

    JAIS · 1 publications · 489 citations

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  5. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

    PASP · 1 publications · 15 citations

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