An experiment can be pursuitworthy, even if its main target outcome seems unlikely. My new paper, analyzes “no-lose arguments”: arguments for experiments in which every plausible outcome advances science.
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No-lose arguments state that—no matter what the result of an experiment will be—there will be a relevant epistemic gain if the experiment is performed. Here I provide an analysis of such arguments, lo...
