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Micro-Particles and Picturability: A Reply

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Stephen J. Noren
Stephen J. Noren*
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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
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In a recent paper, T. R. Girill ([2]) claims to have found some difficulties with an earlier paper of mine ([5]) in which I argued, against A. M. Paul ([6]), that in principle, micro-entities are unpicturable. Paul had argued that N. R. Hanson's view, frequently repeated in Patterns of Discovery, to the effect that

… atomic particles must lack certain properties; electrons could not be other than unpicturable. The impossibility of visualizing ultimate matter is an essential feature of atomic explanation. ([3], pp. 121–126)

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , September 1978 , pp. 484 - 487
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1978

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