Scientific Pluralism and Inconsistency Toleration
In this paper I examine the problem of inconsistency toleration in the context of scientific pluralism. I argue that, first of all, the notion of inconsistency toleration has to be qualified with respect to the evaluative attitude that one takes towards a given scientific theory or theories. Second...
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doaj-2fb38020ae63400dade9e06bbc5469402020-11-25T01:29:42ZengAssociazione Culturale Humana.MenteHumana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies1972-12932018-05-011032Scientific Pluralism and Inconsistency TolerationDunja Šešelja0, Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany). Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Ghent University (Belgium) In this paper I examine the problem of inconsistency toleration in the context of scientific pluralism. I argue that, first of all, the notion of inconsistency toleration has to be qualified with respect to the evaluative attitude that one takes towards a given scientific theory or theories. Second, I show which types of inconsistency toleration are compatible with two major approaches to scientific pluralism, the so-called modest and the radical one. In view of this I suggest some points of demarcation between these two approaches. http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/31inconsistency tolerationscientific pluralismscientific theories |
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Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies |
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In this paper I examine the problem of inconsistency toleration in the context of scientific pluralism. I argue that, first of all, the notion of inconsistency toleration has to be qualified with respect to the evaluative attitude that one takes towards a given scientific theory or theories. Second, I show which types of inconsistency toleration are compatible with two major approaches to scientific pluralism, the so-called modest and the radical one. In view of this I suggest some points of demarcation between these two approaches.
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