Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaWas Lakatos an epistemic realist? the role of truth in the Methodology of scientific research programs
A widespread interpretation of Lakatos’ work says his project completely sidestepped the question of truth as a central part of the analysis of scientific knowledge. In a similar vein, Hacking states that Lakatos found in methodology a substitute for truth. Even those who are skeptical of these inte...
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Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências
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| description | A widespread interpretation of Lakatos’ work says his project completely sidestepped the question of truth as a central part of the analysis of scientific knowledge. In a similar vein, Hacking states that Lakatos found in methodology a substitute for truth. Even those who are skeptical of these interpretations agree that Lakatos failed to give an account of the relation between the growth of knowledge and increasing verisimilitude. In this paper I maintain that (a) the problem of truth is central to Lakatos’ philosophical project, and (b) it is possible to develop an alternative interpretation in which his project to establish a link between method and truth can be seen as successful. I put forward a Davidsonian interpretation that ascribes to Lakatos an epistemic realism. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO736062022-03-21T18:07:34Z Was Lakatos an epistemic realist? the role of truth in the Methodology of scientific research programs ¿Fue Lakatos un realista epistémico? el rol de la verdad en la metodología de los programas de investigación científica Borge, Bruno Imre Lakatos Scientific Research Programmes Epistemic Realism Scientific Realism Truth Imre Lakatos Realismo Epistemológico Realismo Científico Verdad. Programas de Investigación Científica A widespread interpretation of Lakatos’ work says his project completely sidestepped the question of truth as a central part of the analysis of scientific knowledge. In a similar vein, Hacking states that Lakatos found in methodology a substitute for truth. Even those who are skeptical of these interpretations agree that Lakatos failed to give an account of the relation between the growth of knowledge and increasing verisimilitude. In this paper I maintain that (a) the problem of truth is central to Lakatos’ philosophical project, and (b) it is possible to develop an alternative interpretation in which his project to establish a link between method and truth can be seen as successful. I put forward a Davidsonian interpretation that ascribes to Lakatos an epistemic realism. Un diagnóstico más que difundido acerca de la obra de Lakatos señala que su proyecto soslayó por completo la cuestión de la verdad como parte central del análisis del conocimiento científico. En una línea semejante, Hacking afirma que Lakatos encontró en la metodología un sustituto para la verdad. Incluso quienes descreen de estas interpretaciones acuerdan respecto de que Lakatos falla en dar cuenta de la relación entre el desarrollo del conocimiento y el aumento de la verosimilitud. En el presente trabajo argumento que (a) el problema de la verdad es central al proyecto filosófico de Lakatos, y (b) es posible construir una interpretación alternativa en la que su proyecto de establecer un vínculo entre método y verdad pueda tenerse como exitoso. La lectura que propongo adjudica a Lakatos un realismo epistemológico. 2021-08-31 2022-03-21T18:07:34Z 2022-03-21T18:07:34Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/transformacao/article/view/6843 10.1590/0101-3173.2020.v43esp.04.p47 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/73606 spa https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/transformacao/article/view/6843/7981 Copyright (c) 2020 TRANS/FORM/AÇÃO: Revista de Filosofia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 application/pdf Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências TRANS/FORM/AÇÃO: Revista de Filosofia; Vol. 43 No. Special Issue: Philosophy(s) in(of) the 20th Century/2020; 47-72 TRANS/FORM/AÇÃO: Revista de Filosofia; v. 43 n. Special Issue: Filosofia(s) no(do) Século XX; 47-72 1980-539X 0101-3173 |
| spellingShingle | Imre Lakatos Scientific Research Programmes Epistemic Realism Scientific Realism Truth Imre Lakatos Realismo Epistemológico Realismo Científico Verdad. Programas de Investigación Científica Borge, Bruno Was Lakatos an epistemic realist? the role of truth in the Methodology of scientific research programs |
| title | Was Lakatos an epistemic realist? the role of truth in the Methodology of scientific research programs |
| title_full | Was Lakatos an epistemic realist? the role of truth in the Methodology of scientific research programs |
| title_fullStr | Was Lakatos an epistemic realist? the role of truth in the Methodology of scientific research programs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Was Lakatos an epistemic realist? the role of truth in the Methodology of scientific research programs |
| title_short | Was Lakatos an epistemic realist? the role of truth in the Methodology of scientific research programs |
| title_sort | was lakatos an epistemic realist? the role of truth in the methodology of scientific research programs |
| topic | Imre Lakatos Scientific Research Programmes Epistemic Realism Scientific Realism Truth Imre Lakatos Realismo Epistemológico Realismo Científico Verdad. Programas de Investigación Científica |
| url | https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/transformacao/article/view/6843 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/73606 |