Scientific Representation and Realism
Vol 15, No 3 (2011) • Principia: an international journal of epistemology
Autor: Michel Ghins
Resumo:
After a brief presentation of what I take to be the representational démarche in science, I stress the fundamental role of true judgements in model construction. The success and correctness of a representation rests on the truth of judgements which attribute properties to real targeted entities, called “ontic judgements”. I then present what van Fraassen calls “the Loss of Reality objection”. After criticizing his dissolution of the objection, I offer an alternative way of answering the Loss of Reality objection by showing that the contact of our models with reality is grounded on the truth of ontic judgements. I conclude by examining.
ISSN: 1414-4217
DOI: 10.5007/1808-1711.2011v15n3p461
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/1808-1711.2011v15n3p461/22390
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