Rationality and Methodological Change: Dudley Shapere's conception of scientific development
Vol 10, No 1 (2006) • Principia: an international journal of epistemology
Autor: Kólá Abímbólá
Resumo:
Over the last 4 or so decades, Dudley Shapere has developed a rich and interesting alternative to the Kuhnian “relativist” account of science and its development. This paper is a review of this alternative viewpoint. It is a critical evaluation of Shapere’s arguments in support of the claim that radical methodological change can be allowed in science without thereby embracing relativism (and without ending with an irrational account of scientific change).
ISSN: 1414-4217
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5007/%25x
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/14439/13230
Palavras-Chave: Domains of inquiry; methodological relativism
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