Scientific Progress and the Search for Truth
Philip Kitcher (Columbia University)

October 22, 2019, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Institute Vienna Circle

Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 2.8, Alte Kapelle
Vienna
Austria

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  • Central European University

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Central European University
University of Vienna
University of Vienna

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Abstract: Scientific progress is often understood in terms of increasing recognition of the truth. I argue that teleological conceptions of approaching "the truth about nature" are inadequate, and that scientific progress should be understood in terms of problem-solving.  Pragmatic progress consists in resolving the problems that arise and in overcoming limitations.  The account I favor builds on the ideas about truth advanced by Peirce and James, and it recognizes scientific inquiry as inevitably pervaded by a wide range of value judgments.

This event is part of the UWC “How to think about science” and part of the Philosophy Department’s colloquium series, and organized in cooperation with the Institute Vienna Circle, at the University of Vienna.

For more information, see link or contact: Zsofi Jeney-Domingues at the CEU Department of philosophy ([email protected])

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