The Growth of Knowledge as a Problem of Philosophy of Science

Filosofia Nauki (Philosophy of Science, Novosibirsk) 4 (31):3-19 (2006)
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Abstract

The host of the growth of knowledge hallmarks, concocted by various philosophy of science models , is contemplated. It is enunciated that the most appropriate one is provided by methodology of scientific research programmes. Some salient drawbacks of the model, caused by the ambivalence of its basic notions, e.g. of the notions of ‘empirical content of a theory’, ‘progressive’ and ‘regressive’ ‘problemshifts’ can be mitigated by enriching the Lakatosian model with Nancy Cartwright’s results. To recapitulate: the genuine growth of knowledge consists in the growth of causal explanations .

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Rinat M. Nugayev
Moscow State University

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