Empirical Adequacy and Scientific Discovery
This paper aims to show that Bas van Fraassen’s constructive empiricism, such as it is expounded in The Scientific Image, ends up in considerable difficulties in the philosophy of science. The main problem would be the exclusion of mathematics from the conception of science, given its clear absence...
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2008-01-01
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| author | Samuel Simon |
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| description | This paper aims to show that Bas van Fraassen’s constructive empiricism, such as it is expounded in
The Scientific Image, ends up in considerable difficulties in the philosophy of science. The main problem would be the exclusion of mathematics from the conception of science, given its clear absence of empirical adequacy, which is the most important requirement of his formulation. In this sense, it is suggested a more inclusive formulation of scientific theory, aroused from the notion of Da Costa’s (1999) simple structure, considering the notion of scientific discovery in a strict sense, and the validity limit of a theory and the formalism used in a temporal context. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3331824184734d50ba45f6f85eb998b72022-12-21T21:43:31ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaPrincipia: An International Journal of Epistemology1414-42471808-17112008-01-01121354810.5007/1808-1711.2008v12n1p3513126Empirical Adequacy and Scientific DiscoverySamuel Simon0University of BrasíliaThis paper aims to show that Bas van Fraassen’s constructive empiricism, such as it is expounded in The Scientific Image, ends up in considerable difficulties in the philosophy of science. The main problem would be the exclusion of mathematics from the conception of science, given its clear absence of empirical adequacy, which is the most important requirement of his formulation. In this sense, it is suggested a more inclusive formulation of scientific theory, aroused from the notion of Da Costa’s (1999) simple structure, considering the notion of scientific discovery in a strict sense, and the validity limit of a theory and the formalism used in a temporal context.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/16360Adequação EmpíricaDescoberta CientíficaTeoria Científica |
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| title | Empirical Adequacy and Scientific Discovery |
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| title_short | Empirical Adequacy and Scientific Discovery |
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| topic | Adequação Empírica Descoberta Científica Teoria Científica |
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