‘Does the Claim that there are no Theories Imply that there is no History of Theories to be Written?(!)’*

IF 1.2 2区哲学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Journal for General Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2023-11-24 DOI:10.1007/s10838-023-09651-8

Steven French

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Abstract

In There Are No Such Things As Theories (French 2020), the reification of theories is critically analysed and rejected. My aim here is to tease out some of the implications of this approach first of all, for how we, philosophers of science, should view the history of science; secondly, for how we should understand the devices that we use in our own philosophical practices; and thirdly, for how we might think about the relationship between the history of science and the philosophy of science.

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“没有理论的说法是否意味着没有理论史可写?(!)”*

在《没有理论》(法国2020)一书中，对理论的物化进行了批判性的分析和拒绝。我在这里的目的是梳理出这种方法的一些含义，首先，关于我们，科学哲学家，应该如何看待科学史;其次，我们应该如何理解我们在自己的哲学实践中使用的手段;第三，关于我们如何思考科学史和科学哲学之间的关系。

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Journal for General Philosophy of Science HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE-

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期刊介绍： The Journal for General Philosophy of Science is a forum for the discussion of a variety of attitudes concerning the philosophy of science. It has as its subject matter the philosophical, especially methodological, ontological, epistemological, anthropological, and ethical foundations of the individual sciences. Particular emphasis is laid on bringing both the natural, the cultural, and the technical sciences into a philosophical context, within which the historical presuppositions and conditions of the current problems of the philosophy of science are also included in the discussion. The Journal for General Philosophy of Science has been successful in its attempt to serve as a forum that bridges the gap between the different sciences, especially the natural, cultural, and social sciences. One of its purposes is to discuss and contrast the common as well as the different specific methodological and philosophical foundations of the individual sciences, taking into account all currently relevant positions of the philosophy of science. In recent years considerable insight has been gained into the problems of current philosophy of science by considering the historical dimension of the sciences. This is why more intensive efforts will be made in the future towards the integration of historical and systematic considerations. The journal contains:articles discussions reports on the state of the philosophy of science in individual countries reviews a bibliography of the major journals in the field of the history and philosophy of science. The journal is of interest to philosophers, especially philosophers of science, as well as to scholars from the field of the natural, cultural, social and technical sciences who are interested in becoming aware of the philosophical implications of their disciplines and in being stimulated by the transfer of methods, leading ideas, concepts and theories from other fields. As of 2015, Journal for General Philosophy of Science will accept submissions online via the Editorial Manager system. Authors are encouraged to use this format in submitting to the journal to ensure that your article is processed in a timely fashion.