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In Defense of Causal Presentism
Tekijät: Virmajoki Veli
Kustantaja: The University of Chicago Press
Kustannuspaikka: Chicago
Julkaisuvuosi: 2022
Journal: Hopos
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: HOPOS-THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Lehden akronyymi: HOPOS
Vuosikerta: 12
Numero: 1
Aloitussivu: 68
Lopetussivu: 96
eISSN: 2156-6240
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/718993
Verkko-osoite: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/718993
Rinnakkaistallenteen osoite: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/174870801
In this article, I defend causal presentism in the historiography of science. In causal presentism, the historiography of science studies events, processes, and practices that were causally relevant to the development of the present science. I argue that causal presentism has three main virtues. First, causal presentism avoids the conceptual problems that the historiography of science has recognized at its core. Second, causal presentism provides a clear account of what counts as historical explanatory understanding about science. Third, causal presentism enables novel ways to address several conceptual and methodological problems in the historiography of science. The conclusion is that causal presentism is a distinctively strong position with respect to the historiography of science.
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