Scientific Realism today: 40 years of the making of the No-Miracle Argument

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Autor(a) principal: Borge, Bruno
Data de Publicação: 2015
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: spa
Título da fonte: Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences (Online)
Texto Completo: http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHumanSocSci/article/view/26933
Resumo: In 1975 Hilary Putnam captured in a few lines a longstanding intuition about the epistemic status of scientific theories. These lines are almost universally recognized as the first explicit formulation of the No-Miracles Argument (NMA). During the past 40 years, the debate on Scientific Realism became one of the central topics of the philosophy of science. The plausibility of NMA has been defended or challenged by several strategies, and new arguments fueled a controversy that still stands today. Current paper provides an overview of the dispute, and then critically addresses some of the most recent contributions to the contemporary debate.
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spelling Scientific Realism today: 40 years of the making of the No-Miracle ArgumentRealismo científico hoy: a 40 años de la formulación del Argumento del No-Milagroanti-realismpessimistic inductionstructural realismselective realism.antirrealismoinducción pesimistarealismo estructuralrealismo selectivo.In 1975 Hilary Putnam captured in a few lines a longstanding intuition about the epistemic status of scientific theories. These lines are almost universally recognized as the first explicit formulation of the No-Miracles Argument (NMA). During the past 40 years, the debate on Scientific Realism became one of the central topics of the philosophy of science. The plausibility of NMA has been defended or challenged by several strategies, and new arguments fueled a controversy that still stands today. Current paper provides an overview of the dispute, and then critically addresses some of the most recent contributions to the contemporary debate.En 1975 Hilary Putnam plasmó en unas pocas líneas una intuición de larga data acerca del estatus epistémico de las teorías científicas. Dichas líneas son casi universalmente reconocidas como la primera formulación explícita del Argumento del No-Milagro (ANM). Durante los 40 años trascurridos desde entonces, el debate sobre el Realismo Científico se transformó en uno de los tópicos centrales de la filosofía de las ciencias. La plausibilidad del ANM fue defendida o cuestionada mediante múltiples estrategias, y nuevos argumentos alimentaron una polémica que aún hoy sigue vigente. El objetivo de este trabajo es brindar un panorama general de la disputa, para luego abordar críticamente algunos de los aportes más recientes al debate contemporáneo. Universidade Estadual De Maringá2015-07-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHumanSocSci/article/view/2693310.4025/actascihumansoc.v37i2.26933Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences; Vol 37 No 2 (2015); 221-233Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences; v. 37 n. 2 (2015); 221-2331807-86561679-7361reponame:Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences (Online)instname:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)instacron:UEMspahttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHumanSocSci/article/view/26933/pdf_59Borge, Brunoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2016-07-08T11:00:09Zoai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/26933Revistahttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHumanSocSci/indexPUBhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHumanSocSci/oai||actahuman@uem.br1807-86561679-7361opendoar:2016-07-08T11:00:09Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences (Online) - Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Scientific Realism today: 40 years of the making of the No-Miracle Argument
Realismo científico hoy: a 40 años de la formulación del Argumento del No-Milagro
title Scientific Realism today: 40 years of the making of the No-Miracle Argument
spellingShingle Scientific Realism today: 40 years of the making of the No-Miracle Argument
Borge, Bruno
anti-realism
pessimistic induction
structural realism
selective realism.
antirrealismo
inducción pesimista
realismo estructural
realismo selectivo.
title_short Scientific Realism today: 40 years of the making of the No-Miracle Argument
title_full Scientific Realism today: 40 years of the making of the No-Miracle Argument
title_fullStr Scientific Realism today: 40 years of the making of the No-Miracle Argument
title_full_unstemmed Scientific Realism today: 40 years of the making of the No-Miracle Argument
title_sort Scientific Realism today: 40 years of the making of the No-Miracle Argument
author Borge, Bruno
author_facet Borge, Bruno
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Borge, Bruno
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv anti-realism
pessimistic induction
structural realism
selective realism.
antirrealismo
inducción pesimista
realismo estructural
realismo selectivo.
topic anti-realism
pessimistic induction
structural realism
selective realism.
antirrealismo
inducción pesimista
realismo estructural
realismo selectivo.
description In 1975 Hilary Putnam captured in a few lines a longstanding intuition about the epistemic status of scientific theories. These lines are almost universally recognized as the first explicit formulation of the No-Miracles Argument (NMA). During the past 40 years, the debate on Scientific Realism became one of the central topics of the philosophy of science. The plausibility of NMA has been defended or challenged by several strategies, and new arguments fueled a controversy that still stands today. Current paper provides an overview of the dispute, and then critically addresses some of the most recent contributions to the contemporary debate.
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