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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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
CONTEMPORARY NATIVISM, SCIENTIFIC TEXTURE, AND THE MORAL LIMITS OF FREE INQUIRY
CONTEMPORARY NATIVISM SCIENTIFIC TEXTURE AND THE MORAL LIMITS OF FREE INQUIRY
2011/9/8
Some thinkers distrust Darwinist explorations of complex human behaviors, particularly investigations into possible differences in valued skills between genders, races or classes. Such projects, it is...