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Area of Science:

  • Epistemology of Natural Sciences
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Pragmaticism

Background:

  • Current scientific epistemology faces challenges in demarcating science and understanding the relationship between reality and scientific ideas.
  • Existing frameworks, like those rooted in Hertz and developed by Einstein and Popper, have limitations in fully capturing scientific principles.
  • The epistemological underpinnings of concepts like velocity in Special Relativity have not been thoroughly explored from a pragmaticist perspective.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel epistemological schema for natural sciences inspired by Charles Sanders Peirce's pragmaticist philosophy.
  • To demonstrate the schema's capacity to logically derive fundamental scientific principles, including reproducibility, the Principle of Sufficient Reason, and falsifiability.
  • To critically analyze the construction of Special Relativity by examining its use of intuitive concepts of velocity within an epistemological context.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a phenomenological map to connect reality with scientific ideas, forming the core of the proposed epistemological schema.
  • Mathematical and logical analysis to explore the consequences and implications of the schema.
  • Comparative analysis of the proposed schema with alternative epistemological frameworks from the early 20th century.

Main Results:

  • The proposed schema logically implies the principles of experimental reproducibility, the Principle of Sufficient Reason, and Popper's concept of falsifiability.
  • The schema provides a robust method for demarcating scientific inquiry.
  • An epistemological critique of Special Relativity reveals that its concept of velocity does not align with Peirce's requirements for reality, despite its mathematical validity.

Conclusions:

  • The presented epistemological schema offers a unified and logically coherent foundation for natural sciences, rooted in pragmaticism.
  • The schema highlights potential limitations in the epistemological foundations of Special Relativity, suggesting a need for further investigation.
  • The study underscores the importance of epistemological analysis in understanding scientific theories and their relationship to reality.