Scientific discovery: that-what’s and what-that’s

dc.contributor.authorSamuel Schindler
dc.contributor.otherAlan Shapiro
dc.creatorsks@css.au.dk
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-29T16:20:20Z
dc.date.available2021-01-29T16:20:20Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractIn this paper I defend Kuhn’s view of scientific discovery, which involves two central tenets, namely (i) that a scientific discovery always requires a discovery-that (i.e., the observation of X) and a discovery-what (i.e., the correct conceptualisation of X); and (ii) that there are two kinds of scientific discovery, resulting from the temporal order of the discovery-that and the discovery-what. I identify two problems with Kuhn’s account and offer solutions to them from a realist stance. I also discuss alternatives to Kuhn’s account.
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.12405314.0002.006
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2022/26196
dc.relation.ispartofseries5; Thematic: Scientific Discovery: Historical and Philosophical Dimensions
dc.relation.isversionofDownstream publication: Schindler, Samuel. (2015) "Scientific Discovery: That-Whats and What-That's," Ergo, 2, 123-148.
dc.subjectmodern, contemporary
dc.subjectscientific discovery
dc.subjectphysics, chemistry
dc.subjectdefend Kuhn's two types of discovery against alternatives
dc.titleScientific discovery: that-what’s and what-that’s

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