Maxwell, N;
(2015)
What’s Wrong With Aim-Oriented Empiricism?
Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum
, 3
(2)
pp. 5-31.
10.11590/abhps.2015.2.01.
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Abstract
For four decades it has been argued that we need to adopt a new conception of science called aim-oriented empiricism. This has far-reaching implications and repercussions for science, the philosophy of science, academic inquiry in general, the conception of rationality, and how we go about attempting to make progress towards as good a world as possible. Despite these far-reaching repercussions, aim-oriented empiricism has so far received scant attention from philosophers of science. Here, sixteen objections to the validity of the argument for aim-oriented empiricism are subjected to critical scrutiny.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | What’s Wrong With Aim-Oriented Empiricism? |
| Location: | Estonia |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.11590/abhps.2015.2.01 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.11590/abhps.2015.2.01 |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Empiricism, Metaphysics of physics, Philosophy of physics, Rationality, Scientific method, Theoretical unity |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473371 |
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