BAS C. VAN FRAASSEN'S CONSTRUCTIVE EMPIRICISM AND THE SCIENTIFIC SUCESS PROBLEM

Authors

  • Samuel Simon Departamento de Filosofia - UnB
  • Aline Moares Centro de Ensino Superior do Brasil, ICSH/CESB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v12i2.5305

Keywords:

Van Fraassen, Realismo Científico, Sucesso Científico.

Abstract

This paper aims to present the main aspects of Bas C. van Fraassen’s constructive empiricism, particularly regarding the problem of scientific success. In this way, the conceptions of the observable and the unobservable and their relations with the arguments ‘of miracle’ and ‘cosmic coincidence’, both criticized by van Fraassen, will be examined. The answers by authors who defend scientific realism will then be presented, as a counterpoint to the arguments of constructive empiricism. In the end, some more possible difficulties of constructive empiricism will be analyzed and a proposal to surpass them will be presented.

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Author Biographies

Samuel Simon, Departamento de Filosofia - UnB

Professor Adjunto, Departamento de Filosofia - UnB. Doutor pela Universidade de Paris 7.

Area: Filosofia da Ciência

Aline Moares, Centro de Ensino Superior do Brasil, ICSH/CESB

Professora do Centro de Ensino Superior do Brasil, ICSH/CESB. Mestre em Filosofia pela Universidade de Brasilia.

Area: Filosofia da Ciência

 

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Published

2009-04-09

How to Cite

SIMON, Samuel; MOARES, Aline. BAS C. VAN FRAASSEN’S CONSTRUCTIVE EMPIRICISM AND THE SCIENTIFIC SUCESS PROBLEM. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 12, n. 2, 2009. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v12i2.5305. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/5305. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2007): Philosophy of Language and mind

Section

Artigos Originais

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