New philosophical perspectives on scientific progress / edited by Yafeng Shan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shan, Yafeng, HKUST., editor.

Series:

Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Progress.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2023]

Summary:

"This collection of original essays offers a comprehensive examination of scientific progress, which has been a central topic in recent debates in philosophy of science. Traditionally, debates concerning scientific progress have focused on different methodological approaches, notably the epistemic and semantic approaches. The chapters in Part I of the book defend these two traditional approaches, as well as the newly revived functional and newly developed understanding-based approaches. Part II features in-depth case studies of scientific progress from the history of science. The chapters cover individual sciences including physics, chemistry, evolutionary biology, seismology, psychology, sociology, economics, and medicine. Finally, Part III of the book explores important issues from contemporary philosophy of science. These chapters address the implications of scientific progress for the scientific realism/anti-realism debate, incommensurability, values in science, idealisation, scientific speculation, interdisciplinarity, and scientific perspectivalism. New Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Progress will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working on the history and philosophy of science"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Philosophical analyses of scientific progress / Yafeng Shan

The epistemic approach : scientific progress as the accumulation of knowledge / Alexander Bird

The semantic approach : scientific progress as increased truthlikeness / Ilkka Niiniluoto

The functional approach : scientific progress as increased usefulness / Yafeng Shan

The noetic approach : scientific progress as enabling understanding / Finnur Dellsén

Progress in physics : a modular approach / Olivier Darrigol

Progress in chemistry : a cumulative and pluralist view / Robin Hendry

Progress in chemistry : themes at the macroscopic and microscopic levels / Paul Needham

Epigenetic inheritance and progress in evolutionary biology : a developmental system approach / Eva Jablonka

Progress in seismology : turning data into evidence about the Earth's interior / Teru Miyake

Progress in psychology / Uljana Feest

Progress in sociology? / Stephen Turner

Progress in economics / Marcel Boumans, Catherine Herfeld

Progress in medicine and medicines : moving from qualitative experience to commensurable materialism / Harold Cook

Scientific progress and scientific realism / David Harker

Scientific progress and incommensurability / Eric Oberheim

Scientific progress and aesthetic values / Milena Ivanova

Scientific progress and idealisation / Insa Lawler

Scientific speculation and evidential progress / Peter Achinstein

Scientific progress and interdisciplinarity / Hanne Anderson

A human-right approach to scientific progress : the deontic framework / Michela Massimi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003165859

1003165850

9781000780888

1000780880