Progress and Revolutions in Science. A Finitist Approach from the Strong Programme

Authors

  • Dubian Mora Universidad de Antioquia

Keywords:

scientific change, scientific progress, finitism, incommensurability, Strong Programme

Abstract

The paper proposes a way to clarify the problem of the conceptual change in science from the perspective of the Strong Programme’s sociological finitism. First I present the main aspects of the finitist thesis according to which scientific knowledge is a conventional classification of experience. Then I explain the role of the experience of the individual scientist, the cognitive tradition to which he belongs, and the interests of such
tradition for producing and changing knowledge. Finally, in the later part, I argue that this finitist approach provides an understanding of scientific progress in non-teleological, nonaccumulative terms, without resorting to Kuhn’s incommensurability

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Author Biography

Dubian Mora, Universidad de Antioquia

Institute of Philosophy

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Published

2015-04-26

How to Cite

Mora, D. . (2015). Progress and Revolutions in Science. A Finitist Approach from the Strong Programme. Versiones. Philosophy’s Journal, 1(5), 110–120. Retrieved from https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/versiones/article/view/22524