Millikan's

Millikan's oil drop experiments, occasionally came up with a droplet with a 1/3 charge, for example, and the physicist's proof that "all odd numbers are prime" includes "Nine is an experimental error."occur, and error bracket, and uncertainty.

Making Light: Scholarly works to avoid citing at all costs 2010

Van Fraassen argues for this position in part by describing Millikan's famous experiment measuring the charge of the electron.

Beyond the Voice arlene ang 2009

Van Fraassen says that in a case like Millikan's, experimentation is the continuation of theory construction by other means.

Beyond the Voice arlene ang 2009

These include Millikan's teleosemantic theory (1984), and Skyrms (1996) treatment of signaling systems in evolutionary game theoretic terms.

Biological Information Godfrey-Smith, Peter 2007

A central challenge facing Dretske's and Millikan's theory is to specify the relevant notions of informational system and function in an informational system.

The Contents of Perception Siegel, Susanna 2005

Thus, on Millikan's theory, Bs mean snorf-free-space (or fewer snorfs this way, or something of this sort) and there is no representation of red by the kimu.

Teleological Theories of Mental Content Neander, Karen 2004

In order to assess Millikan's core theory, in such a case, we need to be able to identify the consumers and the Normal conditions for the performance of their proper functions, but it is hard to know what these are meant to be in such a case.

Teleological Theories of Mental Content Neander, Karen 2004

An alternative interpretation of Millikan's position is that she appeals to the Normal conditions of consumers to solve the problem.

Teleological Theories of Mental Content Neander, Karen 2004

However, whether Millikan's solution to the problem of distal content survives closer scrutiny is not clear.

Teleological Theories of Mental Content Neander, Karen 2004

Food is included in the content of the frog's perceptual representation, on Millikan's theory, but the issue is whether the proximal items that carry information about the food to the frog are also excluded.

Teleological Theories of Mental Content Neander, Karen 2004