Naturalizing Or Demythologizing Scientific Inquiry: Kitcher’s
| Autor: | William A. Rottschaefer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Value (ethics)
Scientific truth media_common.quotation_subject Philosophy 05 social sciences Scientific realism 06 humanities and the arts Demythologization 050905 science studies 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Democracy Epistemology 060302 philosophy 0509 other social sciences Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Realism media_common |
| Zdroj: | Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 34:408-422 |
| ISSN: | 1552-7441 0048-3931 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0048393104266440 |
| Popis: | In Science, Truth and Democracy, Philip Kitcher has argued that science ought to meet both the epistemic goals of significant truth and the nonepistemic goals of serving the interests of a democratic society. He opposes this science as servant model to both the theology of science as source of salvific truth and the theology of science as anti-Christ. In a recent critical comment, Paul A. Roth argues that Kitcher remains entangled in the theology of salvific truth, not realizing that its goal is either vacuous or unattainable. Instead of theologies, Roth proposes demythologization. In the end, science attains neither truth nor value, for these goals are incomprehensible and unattainable. Consequently, science’s goals are entirely pedestrian and without special interest. Adopting Kitcher’s own scientific naturalistic epistemology, the author argues for a naturalized theology of science, using a science as mediator model, in which both nature and scientist have a role in the acquisition of significant truth. |
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