KANT, KUHN, AND THE RATIONALITY OF SCIENCE

This paper considers the evolution of the problem of scientific rationality from Kant through Carnap to Kuhn. I argue for a relativized and historicized version of the original Kantian conception of scientific a priori principles and examine the way in which these principles change and develop acros...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Friedman, Michael, Severo, Tradutor: Rogério Passos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repositorio:Revista philósophos
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/8802
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/8802
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Kant
Kuhn
rationality of science
constitutive a priori.
racionalidade da ciência
constitutivo a priori
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Sumario:This paper considers the evolution of the problem of scientific rationality from Kant through Carnap to Kuhn. I argue for a relativized and historicized version of the original Kantian conception of scientific a priori principles and examine the way in which these principles change and develop across revolutionary paradigm shifts. The distinctively philosophical enterprise of reflecting upon and contextualizing such principles is then seen to play a key role in making possible rational intersubjective communication between otherwise incommensurable paradigms.