CRITIQUES OF MINIMAL REALISM.
Saatsi's minimal realism holds that science makes theoretical progress. It is designed to get around the pessimistic induction, to fall between scientific realism and instrumentalism, and to explain the success of scientific theories. I raise the following two objections to it. First, it is not clea...
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Vilnius University
2017
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=126047957&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 126047957 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13921126 3D4C jtl: Problems / Problemos issn: 13921126 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2017 vid: 92 pid: 16037 pub: Vilnius University artinfo: ui: 126047957 10.15388/Problemos.2017.92.10905 ppf: 102 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2MB tig: atl: CRITIQUES OF MINIMAL REALISM. aug: au: Seungbae Park affil: Division of General Studies Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919 Republic of Korea su: Realism Empiricism Instrumentalism (Philosophy) Pragmatism Pessimism sug: subj: Realism Empiricism Instrumentalism (Philosophy) Pragmatism Pessimism keyword: instrumentalism middlism minimal realism scientific realism theoretical progress instrumentalizmas midlizmas minimalusis realizmas mokslinis realizmas teorinė pažanga ab: Saatsi's minimal realism holds that science makes theoretical progress. It is designed to get around the pessimistic induction, to fall between scientific realism and instrumentalism, and to explain the success of scientific theories. I raise the following two objections to it. First, it is not clear whether minimal realism lies between realism and instrumentalism, given that minimal realism does not entail instrumentalism. Second, it is not clear whether minimal realism can explain the success of scientific theories, given that it is doubtful that theoretical progress makes success likely. In addition to raising these two objections, I develop and criticize a new position that truly falls between realism and instrumentalism. Pasak Juhos Saatsi pasiūlyto minimaliojo realizmo, vyksta teorinė mokslo pažanga. Ši koncepcija sukurta pesimistinei indukcijai įveikti, vidurio pozicijai tarp mokslinio realizmo ir instrumentalizmo užimti bei mokslo teorijų sėkmei paaiškinti. Šiame straipsnyje pateikiami du prieštaravimai minimaliajam realizmui. Pirma, nėra aišku, ar minimalusis realizmas išties yra tarp realizmo ir instrumentalizmo, nes instrumentalizmas neplaukia iš minimaliojo realizmo. Antra, nėra aišku ar minimalusis realizmas gali paaiškinti mokslo teorijų sėkmę, nes abejotina, ar teorinė pažanga daro sėkmę tikėtiną. Be šių dviejų prieštaravimų, straipsnyje formuluojama ir kritikuojama nauja pozicija, kuri iš tikrųjų atsiduria tarp realizmo ir instrumnetalizmo. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Problems / Problemos is the property of Vilnius University and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Problems / Problemos holder: Vilnius University dt: @attributes: year: 2017 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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