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Scientific progress: normative, but aimless

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Does science have any aim(s)? If not, does it follow that the debate about scientific progress is somehow misguided or problematically non-objective? These are two of the central questions posed in Rowbottom’s Scientific Progress. In this paper, I argue that we should answer both questions in the negative. Science probably has no aims, certainly not a single aim; but it does not follow from this that the debate about scientific progress is somehow misguided or problematically non-objective.

Source: Asian Journal of Philosophy

DOI: 10.1007/s44204-025-00264-0

Author: Finnur Dellsén

Institutions: University of Iceland, University of Oslo, University of Inland Norway

Language: English

Topic: Philosophy and History of Science

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,990

Funders: Icelandic Centre for Research, Høgskolen i Innlandet