What is Scientific Progress? Lessons from Scientific Practice
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What is Scientific Progress ? Lessons from Scientific Practice
In a recent debate about the nature of scientific progress, Alexander Bird and Darrell Rowbottom have argued for two competing accounts of progress. According to Bird, scientific progress consists in the accumulation of scientific knowledge. Rowbottom, on the other hand, thinks that truth alone is necessary for progress. Both use thought experiments and appeal to intuitions in support of their ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal for General Philosophy of Science
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0925-4560,1572-8587
DOI: 10.1007/s10838-013-9229-1