The Constitutive Values of Science
Cognitive values are the characteristics that are constitutive of good theories, the criteria to which we appeal when choosing among competing theories. I argue that, in order to count as a cognitive value, a characteristic must be needed to explain actually made theory choices, and its cognitive si...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
1997-06-01
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| Series: | Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/18749/17358 |