The Epistemic Privilege of Measurement: Motivating a Functionalist Account

Autor:	Miguel Ohnesorge
Přispěvatelé:	Ohnesorge, Miguel [0000-0003-4583-4124], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Philosophy History 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies History and Philosophy of Science 5003 Philosophy 5002 History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields
Zdroj:	Philosophy of Science. :1-16
ISSN:	1539-767X 0031-8248
DOI:	10.1017/psa.2023.47
Popis:	Philosophers and metrologists have refuted the view that measurement’s epistemic privilege in scientific practice is explained by its theory neutrality. Rather, they now explicitly appeal to the role that theories play in measurement. I formulate a challenge for this view: scientists sometimes ascribe epistemic privilege to measurements even if they lack a shared theory about their target quantity, which I illustrate through a case study from early geodesy. Drawing on that case, I argue that the epistemic privilege of measurement can precede shared background theory and is better explained by its pre-theoretic function in enabling a distinctive kind of inquiry.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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