Maxwell, N;
(2019)
A New Task for Philosophy of Science.
Metaphilosophy
, 50
(3)
pp. 316-338.
10.1111/meta.12355.
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Abstract
This paper argues that we philosophers of science have before us an important new task that we urgently need to take up. It is to convince the scientific community to adopt and implement a new philosophy of science that does better justice to the deeply problematic basic intellectual aims of science than that which we have at present. Problematic aims evolve with evolving knowledge, that part of philosophy of science concerned with aims and methods thus becoming an integral part of science itself. The outcome of putting this new philosophy into scientific practice would be a new kind of science, both more intellectually rigorous and one that does better justice to the best interests of humanity.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A New Task for Philosophy of Science |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/meta.12355 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1111/meta.12355 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | philosophy of science, physics, revolution for science, revolution for philosophy of science, metaphysics of science, problematic aims of science, natural philosophy, standard empiricism, aim-oriented empiricism, physicalism, scientific progress |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10072016 |
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