Hawley calls the attempt to show that the scientific metaphysics is not involved in generating novel prediction, and thus that its appearance in a scientific theory does not give us reason to think it true, ...

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The word "undermining" implies that the argument being discussed is attempting to weaken or discredit the claim that scientific metaphysics is involved in generating novel prediction, and therefore its appearance in a scientific theory is not a reason to think that theory is true.

Hawley Calls the Attempt to Show That the Scientific Metaphysics