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Epistemological Custard Pies from Functional Brain Imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Jim Bogen
Jim Bogen*
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
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Abstract

This paper discusses features of an epistemically valuable form of evidence that raise troubles for received and new epistemological treatments of experimental evidence.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 69 , Issue S3 , September 2002 , pp. S59 - S71
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Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association

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