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The Role of "True Enough" in Epistemology by Matías Langenbach Poblete is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses the relationship between truth and epistemic acceptability. It argues that while truth is important, it should not be an absolute requirement for epistemic acceptability. Science routinely uses models and theories that are not literally true but are still cognitively useful. As long as these "felicitous falsehoods" have testable consequences and share features with the facts, they can be "true enough" to serve important epistemic purposes. The author contends we should recognize a th
- Author
- Matías Langenbach Poblete
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- EN