The Relevance of History to Philosophy of Science
I argue for the possibility of historicized philosophy of science, and then respond to three criticisms of view: 1) history of science provides too few case examples to be useful to philosophy, 2) philosophy based on history is prone to reflexive inconsistency and 3) history of science exhibits an i...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of the Basque Country
2010-01-01
|
| Series: | THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/538 |
| Summary: | I argue for the possibility of historicized philosophy of science, and then respond to three criticisms of view: 1) history of science provides too few case examples to be useful to philosophy, 2) philosophy based on history is prone to reflexive inconsistency and 3) history of science exhibits an incoherent flux of methods. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 0495-4548 2171-679X |