Are scientific theories structures, instruments or reality?
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https://doi.org/10.21803/pensam.v11i21-1.263Keywords:
Realidad, estructura, entidad, teorías científicas, realismo científico, instrumentalismoAbstract
En este arti?culo se realiza un estudio de las teori?as desde el realismo cienti?fico. Tambie?n se desarrolla una cri?tica a las diferentes propuestas esce?pticas como el instrumentalismo, el antirrealismo y el realismo estructural. Este estudio describe la importancia del realismo cienti?fico y los desafi?os que enfrenta en la postmodernidad. Se plantea que el realismo debe establecer un conjunto de reglas para seleccionar las entidades inobservables, y que los modelos que se emplean pueden llegar a describir la realidad en el marco de una ciencia madura.
Palabras claves: Realidad, estructura, entidad, teori?as cienti?ficas, realismo cienti?fico, instrumentalismo.
Abstract
In this article a study of the theories is made from the scientific realism. It also develops a critique of the different skeptical proposals such as instrumentalism, anti-realism and structural realism. This study describes the importance of scientific realism and the challenges it faces in postmodernity. It is argued that realism should establish a set of rules to select unobservable entities, and that the models used can come to describe reality within the framework of a mature science.
Keywords: Reality, structure, entity, Scientific theories, scientific realism, instrumentalism.
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Neste artigo se realiza um estudo das teorias desde o realismo cienti?fico. Tambe?m se desenvolve uma cri?tica a?s diferentes propostas ce?ticas como o instrumentalismo, o antirrealismo e o realismo estrutural. Este estudo descreve a importa?ncia do realismo cienti?fico e os desafios que a posmodernidade enfrenta. Se propo?e que o realismo deve estabelecer um conjunto de regras para selecionar as entidades inobserva?veis, e que os modelos que se utilizam podem chegar a descrever a realidade no marco de uma cie?ncia madura.
Palavras chave: Realidade; estrutura; entidade; teorias cienti?ficas, realismo cienti?fico, instrumentalismo
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