Larry Laudan’s critiques to social constructivism
Social constructivism can be taken as a broad sociological-philosophical conception of science which would be introduced as follows: i) an explanation of the success of successful scientific theories ought to be done through the use of epistemological criteria and social community happenings at the...
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Larry Laudan’s critiques to social constructivismCríticas al socioconstructivismo de Larry LaudanAs Críticas de Larry Laudan ao Socioconstrutivismo | Larry Laudan’s critiques to social constructivismSocial constructivism can be taken as a broad sociological-philosophical conception of science which would be introduced as follows: i) an explanation of the success of successful scientific theories ought to be done through the use of epistemological criteria and social community happenings at the construction and acceptance of those theories; ii) the knowledge produced by successful scientific theories, to be effectively taken as a knowledge, ought to be a representation of reality. The social constructivist conception has always been strongly criticized by traditional philosophical conceptions of science because 1) an explanation of the success of successful scientific theories should be made only through the use of epistemological criteria, and 2) the knowledge produced by successful scientific theories indeed is a representation of reality. This paper deals with criticism (1), through an expanded analysis of the debate between a representative of social constructivism (David Bloor) and a critic (Larry Laudan), based on the hypothesis that, although Laudan has pointed out some important limits to the scope of the social constructivist conception, the argumentative core of his critique does not hold, except as a prescription about the tasks of a real philosopher of science.O socioconstrutivismo é uma ampla concepção sociológico-filosófica da ciência que pode ser assim apresentado: i) uma explicação do sucesso das teorias científicas bem sucedidas deve ser feita por meio do emprego de critérios epistemológicos e de ocorrências sociocomunitárias presentes na produção e aceitação dessas teorias; ii) o conhecimento produzido pelas teorias científicas bem sucedidas não é uma representação da realidade. A concepção socioconstrutivista sempre foi fortemente criticada pelas concepções filosóficas tradicional de ciência pois 1) uma explicação do sucesso das teorias científicas bem sucedidas deve ser feita por meio apenas do emprego de critérios epistemológicos, e 2) o conhecimento produzido pelas teorias científicas bem sucedidas, para ser considerado efetivamente um conhecimento, deve ser uma representação da realidade. Este artigo trata da crítica (1), por meio de uma análise ampliada do debate entre um representante do socioconstrutivismo (David Bloor) e um crítico (Larry Laudan) a partir da hipótese de que, embora Laudan tenha apontado alguns limites importantes do alcance da concepção socioconstrutivista, o núcleo argumentativo de sua crítica não se sustenta, exceto como uma prescrição sobre as tarefas às quais deve se deter um filósofo da ciência.PUCPR University Press - PUCPRESS2024-05-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.pucpr.br/aurora/article/view/2947110.1590/2965-1557.036.e202429471Revista de Filosofia Aurora; Vol. 36 (2024)Revista de Filosofía Aurora; Vol. 36 (2024)Revista de Filosofia Aurora; v. 36 (2024)2965-15570104-4443reponame:Revista de Filosofia Aurora (Online)instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUC-PR)instacron:PUC_PRenghttps://periodicos.pucpr.br/aurora/article/view/29471/26581Copyright (c) 2024 Editora Universitária Champagnatinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessRodrigues da Silva, Marcos2024-11-13T12:39:08Zoai:ojs.periodicos.pucpr.br:article/29471Revistahttps://periodicos.pucpr.br/auroraPRIhttps://periodicos.pucpr.br/aurora/oairevistas.pucpress@pucpr.brhttps://doi.org/10.1590/2965-15572965-15652965-1557opendoar:2024-11-13T12:39:08Revista de Filosofia Aurora (Online) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUC-PR)false |
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Larry Laudan’s critiques to social constructivism Críticas al socioconstructivismo de Larry Laudan As Críticas de Larry Laudan ao Socioconstrutivismo | Larry Laudan’s critiques to social constructivism |
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Social constructivism can be taken as a broad sociological-philosophical conception of science which would be introduced as follows: i) an explanation of the success of successful scientific theories ought to be done through the use of epistemological criteria and social community happenings at the construction and acceptance of those theories; ii) the knowledge produced by successful scientific theories, to be effectively taken as a knowledge, ought to be a representation of reality. The social constructivist conception has always been strongly criticized by traditional philosophical conceptions of science because 1) an explanation of the success of successful scientific theories should be made only through the use of epistemological criteria, and 2) the knowledge produced by successful scientific theories indeed is a representation of reality. This paper deals with criticism (1), through an expanded analysis of the debate between a representative of social constructivism (David Bloor) and a critic (Larry Laudan), based on the hypothesis that, although Laudan has pointed out some important limits to the scope of the social constructivist conception, the argumentative core of his critique does not hold, except as a prescription about the tasks of a real philosopher of science. |
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