Understanding the selective realist defence against the PMI

Understanding the selective realist defence against the PMI
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了解针对 PMI 的选择性现实主义防御

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10.1007/s11229-016-1082-4
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2016
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1.5
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Vickers P
Vickers P
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人文科学2区
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现实主义者对悲观元归纳(PMI)的流行反应之一是“选择性”举动,即现实主义者只致力于成功理论的“工作假设”,而不致力于“闲置假设”。反现实主义者经常批评选择性现实主义者无法准确阐明“工作”的含义和/或无法识别工作假设,除非事后诸葛亮。本文旨在建立两个结果:(i)有时一个命题在重要意义上是“在做工作”,但并不保证现实主义承诺,以及(ii)如果现实主义者能够仅仅证明某些选定的假设不需要现实主义承诺(忽略哪些假设需要现实主义承诺的问题),那么她将能够应对PMI式的历史挑战。这两个结果显着调整了针对选择性现实主义的 PMI 式挑战的辩证法。
One of the popular realist responses to the pessimistic meta-induction (PMI) is the ‘selective’ move, where a realist only commits to the ‘working posits’ of a successful theory, and withholds commitment to ‘idle posits’. Antirealists often criticise selective realists for not being able to articulate exactly what is meant by ‘working’ and/or not being able to identify the working posits except in hindsight. This paper aims to establish two results: (i) sometimes a proposition is, in an important sense, ‘doing work’, and yet doesnotwarrant realist commitment, and (ii) the realist will be able to respond to PMI-style historical challenges if she can merely show that certain selected posits donotrequire realist commitment (ignoring the question of which positsdo). These two results act to significantly adjust the dialectic vis-à-vis PMI-style challenges to selective realism.
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