Data di Pubblicazione:
2021
Citazione:
The Counterpossibles of Science vs. the Science of Counterpossibles / D. Dohrn. - In: BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. - ISSN 0007-0882. - (2021). [Epub ahead of print] [10.1086/716769]
Abstract:
Orthodoxy has it that all counterpossibles are vacuously true. Yet there are strong argumentsboth for and against the use of non-vacuous counterpossibles in metaphysics. Even more compelling evidence may be expected from science. Arguably philosophy should defer to best scientific practice. If scientific practice comes with a commitment to non-vacuous counterpossibles, this may be the decisive reason to reject semantic orthodoxy and accept nonvacuity. I critically examine various examples of the purported scientific use of non-vacuous counterpossibles and argue that they are not convincing. They neither establish that scientific practice comes with a commitment to the non-vacuity of counterpossibles, nor that incurring such a commitment would be useful in scientific practice. I illustrate a variety of counterstrategies on behalf of orthodoxy.
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01 - Articolo su periodico
Elenco autori:
D. Dohrn
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