The Underdetermination of Theory by Data

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Teaching With and About Nature of Science, and Science Teacher Knowledge Domains (2013, background): “In its strong sense, the thesis claims that ''theories are underdetermined by all actual and possible observational evidence… [because]… any scientific theory has an incompatible rival theory to which it is empirically equivalent'' (Newton-Smith 2000, p. 532).”