Models, Representation and Truth: On Giere’s Perspectival Realism

Rolleri, José Luis (2022) Models, Representation and Truth: On Giere’s Perspectival Realism. Open Journal of Philosophy, 12 (03). pp. 474-488. ISSN 2163-9434

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Abstract

Could relativist theses about scientific theories be coherent with realist theses about the relationship between such theories and the physical world? This is the central issue of this paper that we approach, mainly, on Giere’s perspectival realism. We consider that his epistemological relativist theses are plausible and sustainable, but his realist thesis about the representational role that plays the theoretical models with respect to real systems as well as his thesis about true hypotheses are not. After trying to show that, we delineate an epistemological version of conceptual relativism which becomes cognate with Giere’s perspectival claims but that it does not comprise realist claims.

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Subjects: GO STM Archive > Social Sciences and Humanities
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Date Deposited: 30 Jun 2023 05:24
Last Modified: 07 Sep 2024 10:26
URI: http://journal.openarchivescholar.com/id/eprint/1267

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