Article ID: CBB000933622

The Relevance of History to Philosophy of Science (2006)

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My task in this paper is to defend the legitimacy of historicist philosophy of science, defined as the phi-losophic study of science that takes seriously case studies drawn from the practice of science. Historicist philosophy of science suffers from what I call the `evidence problem'. The worry is that case studies cannot qualify as rigorous evidence for the adjudication of philosophic theories. I explore the reasons why one might deny to historical cases a probative value, then reply to these reasons on behalf of historicism. The main proponents of the view I am criticizing are Pitt (2001) and Rasmussen (2001).

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Authors & Contributors
Ferrari, Massimo
Matthew Paskins
Schmaltz, Tad
Mauskopf, Seymour H.
Brading, Katherine
Zambelli, Paola
Concepts
Philosophy of science, as a discipline
History of science, as a discipline
Philosophy of science
Historiography
Philosophy
Epistemology
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
18th century
17th century
Places
Italy
United States
Russia
France
Europe
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