What Elements of Successful Scientific Theories Are the Correct Targets for “Selective” Scientific Realism?
What Elements of Successful Scientific Theories Are the Correct Targets for “Selective” Scientific Realism?
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成功的科学理论的哪些要素是“选择性”科学实在论的正确目标？
DOI：
10.1086/676537
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
D. Peters
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作者：
D. Peters
选择性的科学实在论者不同意哪些理论假设应该被认为是科学理论在经验上成功的关键。一个令人满意的说明本质性将表明，（近似）真理的选择假设充分解释了理论的成功。因此，（a）基本要素必须是可预见的;（B）关于哪种类型的假设是基本的，不可能有先验的标准;（c）一个理论的整体成功，或命题的“集群”，而不仅仅是个别的推导，应该是可解释的。鉴于这些迫切需要，我提出了一个“统一标准”，以确定基本要素。
Selective scientific realists disagree on which theoretical posits should be regarded as essential to the empirical success of a scientific theory. A satisfactory account of essentialness will show that the (approximate) truth of the selected posits adequately explains the success of the theory. Therefore, (a) the essential elements must be discernible prospectively; (b) there cannot be a priori criteria regarding which type of posit is essential; and (c) the overall success of a theory, or ‘cluster’ of propositions, not only individual derivations, should be explicable. Given these desiderata, I propose a “unification criterion” for identifying essential elements.
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影响因子：
1.7
作者：
Vickers P
通讯作者：
Vickers P