What is theoretical progress of science?
What is theoretical progress of science?
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什么是科学理论进步？
作者：
J. Saatsi
科学进步的认识论概念把进步等同于科学知识的积累。我认为，认识论的概念未能充分捕捉科学进步：理论的进步，特别是可以超越科学知识的重要途径。有时候，理论进步可能是新理论“更好地锁定不可观察的现实”的问题，而不一定是新知识的问题。认识到理论进步的这一更深层次对理解科学实在论特别重要，因为实在论自然被解释为科学取得理论进步的主张。一些突出的现实主义立场（特别是关于基础物理学）最好理解为对理论进步的承诺，这不能等同于科学知识的积累。
The epistemic conception of scientific progress equates progress with accumulation of scientific knowledge. I argue that the epistemic conception fails to fully capture scientific progress: theoretical progress, in particular, can transcend scientific knowledge in important ways. Sometimes theoretical progress can be a matter of new theories ‘latching better onto unobservable reality’ in a way that need not be a matter of new knowledge. Recognising this further dimension of theoretical progress is particularly significant for understanding scientific realism, since realism is naturally construed as the claim that science makes theoretical progress. Some prominent realist positions (regarding fundamental physics, in particular) are best understood in terms of commitment to theoretical progress that cannot be equated with accumulation of scientific knowledge.
取代食谱现实主义
影响因子：
1.5
作者：
Saatsi J
通讯作者：
Saatsi J
关于结构现实主义你一直想知道但又不敢问的一切
影响因子：
1.5
作者：
I. Votsis
通讯作者：
I. Votsis