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Abstract / Description of output
This paper attends to two main tasks. First, I introduce the notion of perspectival disagreement in science. Second, I relate perspectival disagreement in science to the broader issue of realism about science: how to maintain realist ontological commitments in the face of perspectival disagreement among scientists? I argue that often enough perspectival disagreement is not at the level of the scientific knowledge claims but rather of the methodological justificatory principles. I introduce and clarify the notion of 'agreeing-whilst-perspectivally-disagreeing' with an episode from the history of modern physics: namely, how we came to agree about the electric charge as a minimal natural unit despite different scientific perspectives and associated data-to- phenomena inferences available for it in the period 1897-1906.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Synthese |
Early online date | 20 Dec 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 20 Dec 2019 |
Event | ICE Dartmouth Seminar - Dartmouth College, Hanover, United States Duration: 16 Apr 2019 → 16 May 2019 https://ice.dartmouth.edu/events/realism-perspectivism-and-reality |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- realism
- perspectivism
- disagreement
- electric charge
- data-to-phenomena inferences
- M. Planck
- J.J. Thomson
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Perspectival Realism. Science, Knowledge, and Truth from a Human Vantage Point.
1/01/16 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
Activities
- 4 Invited talk
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Realism, perspectivism and disagreement
Michela Massimi (Invited speaker)
25 Mar 2021Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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The history of the electric charge ca. 1897-1906 through the lenses of perspectival realism
Michela Massimi (Invited speaker)
29 Oct 2020Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Realism, perspectivism and disagreement
Michela Massimi (Invited speaker)
27 Mar 2020Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Profiles
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Michela Massimi
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences - Personal Chair of Philosophy of Science
Person: Academic: Research Active