Las ciencias sociales e ingenieriles desde el realismo constructivo de Ronald Giere

  1. Cuevas Badallo, Ana 1
  2. Torres González, Obdulia 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

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Revista:
Artefactos

ISSN: 1989-3612

Ano de publicación: 2021

Título do exemplar: Reflexiones en torno a la filosofía de Ronald N. Giere

Volume: 10

Número: 1

Páxinas: 107-120

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.14201/ART2021101107120 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

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Resumo

The constructive realism upholded by Ronald Giere can be used for a better understanding of the features of two fields of scientific research that tend to be demeaned by the traditional philosophical conceptions: social and engineering knowledge. Here we will argue that these two areas share relevant features, and that Giere’s modelistic proposal can be used to carry out a better analysis of their peculiarities. We will emphasize, on the one hand, his modelistic conception of science, and his consideration that models are similar to the world, and on the other, how this position affects the choice between theories. Specifically, we will deal with the special nature of laws in the social and engineering sciences, as well as the criteria by which scientists in these fields choose between different possible models. 

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