本体学的多元主义和社会价值观.
1Philosophy Program, Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
Studies in history and philosophy of science
|March 11, 2024
概括
哲学家在科学分类中使用社会价值观进行辩论. 这篇论文认为,虽然选择使用的分类学可以涉及社会价值观,但确定有效的分类学不应该.
科学领域:
- 科学哲学的科学哲学
- 认识论的认识论学.
- 科学推理 科学推理
背景情况:
- 新兴的共识表明,非认识价值观应该影响科学推理.
- 最近的重点是价值在科学分类和分类学中的作用.
- 认为存在论或分类学选择应以社会价值观为指导的论点.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地检查关于分类学中的社会价值观的"本体选择论证".
- 要区分确定一个分类学方案的有效性和选择部署哪一个.
主要方法:
- 在本体学和分类学决策中对"选择"概念的概念分析.
- 区分分类学方案的有效性和其上下文应用.
主要成果:
- "来自本体选择的论点"对"选择"的含义是模两可的.
- 决定部署哪个分类系统可以受到社会价值观的影响.
- 确定一个分类系统的有效性不应该基于社会价值观.
结论:
- 社会价值观在科学分类中发挥的作用有限,特别是在部署方面,而不是有效性.
- 科学分类学的有效性应该由认识标准来确定,而不是社会价值观.
- 澄清价值在科学推理中的作用对于强大的分类学至关重要.
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