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I erect a framework within the semantic view of theories for explaining the empirical success of internally inconsistent models and theories, with scientific realism in mind. The framework is an...
Review of William L.Harper,Isaac Newton's Scientific Method
Newton scientific method gravity Principia
2016/6/15
The title and dust jacket portrait of Newton eliciting the celebrated phenomenon of colors may lead one to think this is a comprehensive work on Newton’s scientific method,including his experimental w...
What is Scientific Progress?Lessons from Scientific Practice
aim of science Alexander Bird Darrell Rowbottom scientific knowledge scientific practice scientific progress
2016/6/15
Alexander Bird argues for an epistemic account of scientific progress, whereas Darrell Rowbottom argues for a semantic account. Both appeal to intuitions about hypothetical cases in support of their a...
The Role of Justification in the Ordinary Concept of Scientific Progress
concept of progress aim of science justification scientific knowledge scientific progress true belief
2016/6/15
Alexander Bird and Darrell Rowbottom have argued for two competing accounts of the concept of scientific progress. For Bird, progress consists in the accumulation of scientific knowledge. For Rowbotto...
The Semantics of Scientific Theories
semantics of theories logical empiricism received view theoretical terms vagueness analyticity analytic-synthetic distinction
2016/6/14
Marian Przełęcki’s semantics for the Received View is a good explication of Carnap’s position on the subject, anticipates many discussions and results from both proponents and opponents of t...
Did Perrin's experiments convert Poincaré to Scientific Realism?
Atomism Fundamentalism Henri Poincare Scientific Realism Structural Realism
2016/6/13
In this paper I argue that Poincaré’s acceptance of the atom does not indicate a shift from instrumentalism to scientific realism. I examine the implications of Poincaré’s acceptance of the existence ...
Intentional Models as Essential Scientific Tools
Intentionality intentional model statistical model phenomenological model mechanistic model propositional attitude prediction explanation
2016/6/13
In this article, I argue that the use of scientific models that attribute intentional content to complex systems bears a striking similarity to the way in which statistical descriptions are used. To d...
Can the Pessimistic Induction Be Saved from Semantic Anti-Realism about Scientific Theory?
pessimistic induction realism anti-realism supervaluations
2016/6/13
Scientific anti-realists who appeal to the pessimistic induction (PI) claim that the theoretical terms of past scientific theories often fail to refer to anything. But on standard views in philosophy ...
Novel Confirmation and the Underdetermination of Scientific Theory Building
novel confirmation predictivism Bayesianism underdetermiation
2016/6/12
The extra value of novel confirmation over accommodation is explained based on an analysis of the underdetermination of scientific theory building. Novel confirmation can provide information on the nu...
Diagrams as Vehicles for Scientific Reasoning
Diagrams visual reasoning mechanistic explanation phenomena explanatory relations circadian rhythms
2016/6/12
We argue that diagrams are not just a communicative tool but play important roles in the reasoning of biologists: in characterizing the phenomenon to be explained, identifying explanatory relations, a...
Reflexive,Symmetric and Transitive Scientific Representations
Reflexive Symmetric Transitive Scientific
2016/5/31
Theories of scientific representation, following Chakravartty's categorization, are divided into two groups. Whereas cognitive-functional views emphasize agents' intentions, informational theories str...
The notion of (computational) template has recently been discussed in relation to cross-disciplinary transfer of modeling efforts and in relation to the representational content of models. We further ...
Epistemic and Methodological Iteration in Scientific Research
iteration discovery exploratory experimentation error anomaly nanotechnology
2016/5/30
A number of scholars have recently drawn attention to the importance of iteration in scientific research. This paper builds on these previous discussions by drawing a distinction between epistemic and...
Scientific Representations as Limiting Cases
scientific representation idealization abstraction scientific models
2016/5/30
In this essay, I shall show that the so-called inferential (Suárez 2003 and 2004) and interpretational (Contessa 2007) accounts of scientific representation are respectively unsatisfactory and too wea...
What can cognitive science tell us about scientific revolutions?
Kuhn cognitive science incommensurability analogy naturalism ciencia cognitiva inconmensurabilidad analogía naturalismo
2016/5/27
Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions is notable for the readiness with which it drew on the results of cognitive psychology. These naturalistic elements were not well received and Kuhn did not s...