Perspectival Instruments

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Abstract Despite its potential implications for the objectivity of scientific knowledge, claim that “scientific instruments are perspectival” has received little critical attention. I show this is best understood as highlighting dependence on different perspectives. When closely analyzed, instead constituting a novel epistemic challenge, can be exploited to mount strategies resolving two old problems: conceptual relativism and theory-ladeness. The content article consists in articulating developing these by introducing fine-grained notions perspectives key units analysis: “broad perspectives” “narrow perspectives.”

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Philosophy of Science

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['0031-8248', '1539-767X']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/psa.2021.32