The Relevance of History to Philosophy of Science

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...

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Main Author: Robert HUDSON
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:
historicized philosophy of science, induction, reflexivity, flux, methodology, evidence, Joseph Pitt, Nicolas Rasmussen.
Online Access:http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/538
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spelling doaj-46d7683a2c6a46b0acbc90afc2b3baab2020-11-24T23:43:37ZengUniversity of the Basque CountryTHEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science0495-45482171-679X2010-01-0121219721210.1387/theoria.538538The Relevance of History to Philosophy of ScienceRobert HUDSONI 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.http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/538historicized philosophy of science, induction, reflexivity, flux, methodology, evidence, Joseph Pitt, Nicolas Rasmussen.
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description 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.
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