Edouard Machery (University of Pittsburgh)
There is very little discussion of what a replication is and of its function. In this talk, I develop such a general account ("the re-sampling account of replication"): A replication is an experiment that resamples experimental components. On this basis , I end up rejecting the very distinction between direct and conceptual replication, as it is usually drawn and I conclude that the debate between the relative value of direct and conceptual replications is meaningless.
