What is an eddington concession?

Answer 1

Type your answer here... An Eddington Concession, named after Sir Arthur Eddington, is a rhetorical device in which Eddington "allowed" that experimental physicists could bungle their observations, and so a pet theory that contradicted them could be forgiven; further, he "allowed" that Maxwell's equations might aside to favor a pet theory. But, he said, if your theory goes against the second law of thermodynamics, there's nothing for it but to give it up in humiliation. he rhetorical construction was used by Eddington simply to underscore the unassailability of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. It was not, in fact, agreeing that Maxwell or experimental observation should be set aside. Thus it was a false concession made for rhetorical purposes only, similar to a strawman argument. The name was given by Richard Dawkins, who can be seen speaking on the subject of "mining the Eddington concession"

Answer 2

Straw Msn concession