What is Wrong With Aim-Oriented Empiricism?
History and Philosophy of Physics
2015-09-03 v1
Abstract
For four decades it has been argued that we need to adopt a new conception of science called aim-oriented empiricism. This has far-reaching implications and repercussions for science, the philosophy of science, academic inquiry in general, the conception of rationality, and how we go about attempting to make progress towards as good a world as possible. Despite these far-reaching repercussions, aim-oriented empiricism has so far received scant attention from philosophers of science. Here, sixteen objections to the validity of the argument for aim-oriented empiricism are subjected to critical scrutiny.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1509.00718,
title = {What is Wrong With Aim-Oriented Empiricism?},
author = {Nicholas Maxwell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.00718},
year = {2015}
}