Class Notes, Part 1
... It is a conceptual framework that determines how the world looks to those who have accepted it. It defines not only the scientific outlook for practitioners of a particular science, but also the scientific “form of life.” ...
... It is a conceptual framework that determines how the world looks to those who have accepted it. It defines not only the scientific outlook for practitioners of a particular science, but also the scientific “form of life.” ...
Final Assignment, Philosophy of Science Nov. 18, 2014 Kenzo
... “Laudan produced a list of now abandoned theories that once enjoyed predictive and explanatory success. Many of these theories featured theoretical terms, such as phlogiston, ether and caloric, which were supposed to refer to various kinds of unobservables (Ladyman, p231).” Laudan had several pessim ...
... “Laudan produced a list of now abandoned theories that once enjoyed predictive and explanatory success. Many of these theories featured theoretical terms, such as phlogiston, ether and caloric, which were supposed to refer to various kinds of unobservables (Ladyman, p231).” Laudan had several pessim ...
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... another. This requires rejecting the geometry and the conception of space and time upon which Newtonian science was based. Although Einstein’s ability to resolve this anomaly was not one of his reasons for believing in his theory, it did play a part in persuading others to accept the revolution he ...
... another. This requires rejecting the geometry and the conception of space and time upon which Newtonian science was based. Although Einstein’s ability to resolve this anomaly was not one of his reasons for believing in his theory, it did play a part in persuading others to accept the revolution he ...
Kant on wheels - UChicago Philosophy
... of advice one might give them. For example, since scientists are guided by exemplars rather than by rules, even if philosophers of science were able to come up with a reasonably good general account of some aspect of scientific research, it isn’t clear that teaching this to scientists would directly ...
... of advice one might give them. For example, since scientists are guided by exemplars rather than by rules, even if philosophers of science were able to come up with a reasonably good general account of some aspect of scientific research, it isn’t clear that teaching this to scientists would directly ...
Unity and Revolutions: A Paradigm for Paradigms - Philsci
... grossly ad hoc, disunified character. Nevertheless, T* satisfies all the requirements one could stipulate for being an empirically more successful theory than T. It is even the case that T* will predict new phenomena not established at the time of the formulation of the theory: this will be done by ...
... grossly ad hoc, disunified character. Nevertheless, T* satisfies all the requirements one could stipulate for being an empirically more successful theory than T. It is even the case that T* will predict new phenomena not established at the time of the formulation of the theory: this will be done by ...
Unity and Revolutions: A Paradigm for Paradigms
... knowability of the universe in the form of a hierarchy, these assumptions becoming less and less substantial and more and more such that their truth is required for science, or the pursuit of knowledge, to be possible at all, as one goes up the hierarchy. This hierarchical conception of science has ...
... knowability of the universe in the form of a hierarchy, these assumptions becoming less and less substantial and more and more such that their truth is required for science, or the pursuit of knowledge, to be possible at all, as one goes up the hierarchy. This hierarchical conception of science has ...
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Name: Bene Colenbrander Academic Writing, group: [C] Essay: [3
... problems with the aspect of control in the Western paradigm of music and that he therefore wanted to introduce the element of chance in his musical compositions, as “the principle of law involves that the progression, the interconnection of notes (or at least, sounds) are not teleological anymore: r ...
... problems with the aspect of control in the Western paradigm of music and that he therefore wanted to introduce the element of chance in his musical compositions, as “the principle of law involves that the progression, the interconnection of notes (or at least, sounds) are not teleological anymore: r ...
Epistemic Virtues and Epistemic Values
... adjustment of the criteria to the world that is needed if they are to be successful guides to truth. This is the view of a skeptic, much as skeptics about astrology believe that astrologers can freely choose the predictive significance of each star sign, for these skeptics hold that no choice leads ...
... adjustment of the criteria to the world that is needed if they are to be successful guides to truth. This is the view of a skeptic, much as skeptics about astrology believe that astrologers can freely choose the predictive significance of each star sign, for these skeptics hold that no choice leads ...
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... simulations such as that of Winograd (1972)), it may possible to see explicitly how processes for creating agents reflecting the paradigm would work. Real languages appear to be much more complex; instead of explicit rules that state definitely that a particular process is to apply we find fuzzy rul ...
... simulations such as that of Winograd (1972)), it may possible to see explicitly how processes for creating agents reflecting the paradigm would work. Real languages appear to be much more complex; instead of explicit rules that state definitely that a particular process is to apply we find fuzzy rul ...
Paradigm
In science and epistemology (the theory of knowledge), a paradigm /ˈpærədaɪm/ is a distinct set of concepts or thought patterns, including theories, research methods, postulates, and standards for what constitutes legitimate contributions to a field.
