What indispensability argument did Putnam and Quine develop?
The Quine-Putnam Indispensability Argument
The Russell-Putnam Indispensability Argument
The Hume-Putnam Indispensability Argument
The Kant-Putnam Indispensability Argument
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The Quine-Putnam Indispensability Argument is a form of the argument from scientific realism. It is an argument for the claim that scientific realism is true, and that our best scientific theories are true. The argument goes as follows: 1. The best scientific theories make reference to unobservable entities. 2. If these theories are true, then the unobservable entities they refer to must exist. 3.
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