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When 'paradigms' differ: scientific communication between skepticism and hope in recent philosophy of science
Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship/Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap | Vol 73, No 3 | a169 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koers.v73i3.169
| © 2008 R. Coletto
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 27 July 2008 | Published: 27 July 2008
Submitted: 27 July 2008 | Published: 27 July 2008
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R. Coletto, School of Philosophy, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, South AfricaFull Text:
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The first half of this article illustrates how contemporary humanist philosophy of science got caught up in a gradual loss of confidence concerning the possibility of sound communication among scholars holding on to different paradigms or presuppositions. The second half is dedicated to the responses provided by a Christian school of philosophy to the bleak possibility of a communication crisis. The resources deployed by the reformational school of philosophy are argued to constitute valuable instruments to create a more hopeful attitude towards scientific dialogue. A final note is dedicated to the possible causes of the difficulties experienced in this area of reflection by contemporary humanist philosophy of science.
Keywords
Reformational View Of Antithesis; Theory-Dependence Of Concepts And Statements; Framework-Dependence Of Theories; Incommensurability; Scientific Communication
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