Kuhn e a racionalidade da escolha científica

Authors

  • Eros Moreira de Carvalho UFRGS - Campus do Vale Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500 – Prédio 43311, Bloco AI, Sala 110 91501-970 – Porto Alegre, RS BRASIL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2013v17n3p439

Abstract

In this paper, I try to articulate and clarify the role of the epistemic authority of experts in Kuhn’s explanation for the transition process between rival paradigms in the scientific revolutionary period. If science progresses, that process should contribute to the attainment of the cognitive aim of science, namely, the articulation of paradigms increasingly successful at the resolution of problems. It is hard to see that process as rational and as attaining the cognitive aim of science without the consideration of epistemic authority. The mistake of Kuhn was to emphasize and clarify insufficiently the role of the epistemic authority of experts; his critics failed for ignoring it altogether.

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2013-09-28

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