Sobre el respeto a la evidencia empírica. McIntyre en La actitud científica

Not long ago, demarcation, theory change and scientific rationality used to clutter up debates on the philosophy of science. These issues are now seen as the classical subjects of the discipline. In The Scientific Attitude, Lee McIntyre revamps the philosophical showcase by taking over the demarcati...

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Autor: Sanjuan Salinas, Mariano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/697362
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/697362
https://dx.doi.org/10.6018/daimon.436061
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Demarcation
Empirical Evidence
Negationism
Post-truth
Pseudoscience
Scientific Attitude
Filología
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Sumario:Not long ago, demarcation, theory change and scientific rationality used to clutter up debates on the philosophy of science. These issues are now seen as the classical subjects of the discipline. In The Scientific Attitude, Lee McIntyre revamps the philosophical showcase by taking over the demarcation problem by asserting that “what is distinctive about science is that it cares about evidence and is willing to change its theories on the basis of evidence”. I hereby synthetize his proposal and offer five objections.