O empirismo construtivo de Bas C. Van Fraassen e o problema da explicação científica

AUTOR(ES)

Aline Oliveira de Moraes

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

This work aims to present the principle aspects of Bas C. van Fraassens Constructive Empiricism, particularly with regard to the problem of scientific explanation. Constructive Empiricism defends the objective of science as being that of formulating theories that are empirically adequate and, in this way, abstains from other anti-realist lines of thought and, particularly from Scientific Realism. The difference between this notion and other anti-realist views is based on its use of semantic conceptions of scientific theories. In terms of Scientific Realism, the difference deals with the objective of science and with the belief involved in the acceptance of theories. Regarding the problem of scientific explanation, van Fraassen offers a pragmatic theory of the explanation whose objective is to present the explanation bereft of any ontology, in which the context plays a determinant role in the explanation and, by this, seeks to contain the realist arguments based on the explanatory power of theories.

ASSUNTO(S)

filosofia explicação van fraassen anti-redismo

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