A philosopher of science is somebody who studies the logic of science, in the broadest sense of logic. Like anything else in philosophy, it can either be normative or descriptive: i.e., an attempt to discover what scientists should do, or what in fact they do. Nick
From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Douglas Roberts Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 1:31 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] pluralism in science This phrase struck me, and this will sound like a dumb question, but humor me: What is a philosopher of science? And what value do they provide? Serious question. --Doug On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Roger Critchlow <[email protected]> wrote: There's an intriguing book review in Science this week: Studying Human Behavior How Scientists Investigate Aggression and Sexuality by Helen E. Longino University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2013. 261 pp. S75. ISBN 9780226492872. Paper, $25, £16. ISBN 9780226492889. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6129/146.1.full?rss=1 The claim is that there is not and will not be a dominant paradigm for researching human behavior, there are multiple ways of establishing causes for behavior and that's just the way it is. So not only do phenomena worth studying emerge at different levels of organization, but the emerging phenomena at a level of organization are amenable to different disciplines of study which may all be judged "scientific" by a philosopher of science. So, what's scientific evidence now? -- rec -- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com -- Doug Roberts [email protected] <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile
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