Kuhn e a racionalidade da escolha científica

Vol 17, No 3 (2013) • Principia: an international journal of epistemology

Autor: Eros Moreira de Carvalho

Abstract:

In this paper, I try to articulate and clarify the role of the epistemic authority of experts in Kuhn’s explanation for the transition process between rival paradigms in the scientific revolutionary period. If science progresses, that process should contribute to the attainment of the cognitive aim of science, namely, the articulation of paradigms increasingly successful at the resolution of problems. It is hard to see that process as rational and as attaining the cognitive aim of science without the consideration of epistemic authority. The mistake of Kuhn was to emphasize and clarify insufficiently the role of the epistemic authority of experts; his critics failed for ignoring it altogether.

ISSN: 1414-4217

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2013v17n3p439

Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/1808-1711.2013v17n3p439/26790

Palavras-Chave: Thomas Kuhn,racionalidade científica,autorida

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