Scientific Realism and Constructive Empiricism

IF 0.2 0 PHILOSOPHY
A. Pechenkin
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Two conceptions of the contemporary philosophy of science are taken under consideration: scientific realism and constructive empiricism. Scientific realism presupposes 1) the conception of truth as the correspondence of knowledge to reality, 2) the real existence of entities postulated by a theory. The constructive empiricism puts forward the idea of empirical adequacy: science aims to give us the theories which are empirically adequate and acceptance of the theory involves as belief only that it is empirically adequate. To compare methodological resources of these two positions in the philosophy of science the problem of the interpretation of quantum mechanics is involved. As a methodological realization of scientific realism the ensemble interpretation of quantum mechanics is taken under consideration. K.Popper’s version of the ensemble interpretation of quantum mechanics is outlined along M. Jammer’s book on the history of the philosophy of quantum mechanics. As a contemporary version of the ensemble approach L.Ballentine’s book on quantum mechanics is mentioned. Van Fraassen’s version of the modal interpretation of quantum mechanics is taken under consideration to show a methodological realization of constructive empiricism.
科学实在论与建构经验主义
本文考察了当代科学哲学的两个概念:科学实在论和建构经验主义。科学实在论的前提是:1)真理的概念是知识与现实的对应;2)理论所假定的实体的真实存在。建构经验主义提出了经验充分性的观念:科学的目的在于给予我们经验上充分性的理论,而接受这种理论仅仅意味着相信它在经验上是充分性的。为了比较这两种科学哲学立场的方法论资源,涉及到量子力学的解释问题。作为科学实在论的一种方法论实现,量子力学的系综解释被考虑在内。K.Popper关于量子力学的集合解释的版本是沿着M. Jammer关于量子力学哲学史的书概述的。作为集合方法的当代版本,我们提到了L.Ballentine关于量子力学的书。范·弗拉森版本的量子力学模态解释被考虑为显示建设性经验主义的方法论实现。
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0.70
自引率
25.00%
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32
期刊介绍: Epistemology & Philosophy of Science is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal established in 2004 by the Institute of Philosophy (Russian Academy of Sciences). It is devoted to the themes in modern epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. The journal supports the policy of interdisciplinarity. It’s based on the belief that the comprehensive analysis of cultural phenomena couldn’t be completed without focusing on the problems of cognition. The epistemological analysis, however, needs the research results from human, social and natural sciences. Sections of the journal: 1.Editorial 2.Panel Discussion 3.Epistemology and Cognition 4.Language and Mind 5.Vista 6.Case Studies -Science Studies 7.Interdisciplinary Studies 8.Archive 9.Symposium 10.Book Reviews
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