Philosophy of Science illustrated...

Banno April 25, 2020 at 02:44 1500 views 4 comments

Is this accurate? Can you place yourself on it? (I can't).

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Pfhorrest April 25, 2020 at 03:00 #405366 0 likes

I consider myself a pragmatist and instrumentalist and consequently a direct (not “naive”) realist. This diagram has problems.

jgill April 25, 2020 at 04:27 #405385 0 likes

Best to just do the science and not be concerned with the philosophy.

180 Proof April 25, 2020 at 10:10 #405431 0 likes

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unenlightened April 25, 2020 at 11:31 #405452 0 likes

Quoting Banno

Is this accurate?

It doesn't have any axes - so it doesn't have any scale, so it doesn't even count as a mental map. Is philosophy of science like religion or politics, a spectrum of dogmatic beliefs and positions?

What position would be required to judge the accuracy? Would such a judgement be scientific, philosophical? It has all the validity of a facebook what kind of cooking utensil are you? post.