Understanding Philosophical Progress

理解哲学进步

• 批准号: DE230101136
• 负责人: Dr James Norton
• 金额: $ 30.19万
• 依托单位: University of Tasmania
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-12-31 至 2026-12-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE230101136
• 关键词: Understanding; Philosophical; Progress

This project aims to develop the first unified account of progress in science and philosophy, by extending the noetic account of scientific progress into an account of philosophical progress. According to this account, progress consists in increased understanding, i.e., in grasping how something depends on, or fails to depend on, something else. Developing a unified account will shed light on the nature of intellectual progress quite generally, as well substantially advancing meta-philosophical debates about (i) the prevalence of philosophical progress; (ii) whether, and the ways in which, expert disagreement would undermine progress; and (iii) which philosophical methodologies promote progress.

该项目旨在通过将科学进步的理性描述扩展到哲学进步的描述，从而建立科学和哲学进步的第一个统一描述。根据这种说法，进步在于理解的增加，即在于理解某物如何依赖于或不依赖于另一物。发展一种统一的解释将更广泛地揭示智力进步的本质，并极大地推进关于以下方面的元哲学辩论：(1)哲学进步的普遍性；（ii）专家意见分歧是否会破坏进展，以及以何种方式破坏进展；（三）哪种哲学方法促进进步。