Re: pluralism in science
Posted by
Douglas Roberts-2 on
Apr 11, 2013; 7:30pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/pluralism-in-science-tp7582640p7582641.html
This phrase struck me, and this will sound like a dumb question, but humor me: What is a philosopher of science? And what value do they provide? Serious question.
--Doug
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Roger Critchlow
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There's an intriguing book review in Science this week:
Studying Human Behavior How Scientists Investigate Aggression and Sexuality by Helen E. Longino University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2013. 261 pp. S75. ISBN 9780226492872. Paper, $25, £16. ISBN 9780226492889.
The claim is that there is not and will not be a dominant paradigm for researching human behavior, there are multiple ways of establishing causes for behavior and that's just the way it is.
So not only do phenomena worth studying emerge at different levels of organization, but the emerging phenomena at a level of organization are amenable to different disciplines of study which may all be judged "scientific" by a philosopher of science.
So, what's scientific evidence now?
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