Reevaluating scientific progress as a problem resolution
<p>“Problem-solving” as a criterion of scientific progress defended by Thomas S. Kuhn and Larry Laudan, respectively, has been criticized by several authors. Recently, Alexander Bird (2007, 2008 & 2010) has suggested that problem-solving as a criterion of scientific progress is regress...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
2015-02-01
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| Series: | Azafea: Revista de Filosofía |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0213-3563/article/view/11957 |
| Summary: | <p>“Problem-solving” as a criterion of scientific progress defended by Thomas S. Kuhn and Larry Laudan, respectively, has been criticized by several authors. Recently, Alexander Bird (2007, 2008 & 2010) has suggested that problem-solving as a criterion of scientific progress is regressive and anti-intuitive. In this text I reassess Kuhn, Laudan and Bird’s positions and I show that Bird’s arguments are untenable.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 0213-3563 2444-7072 |