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Para que el cultivo de la historia de la ciencia ad quiera cabal sentido y rinda todos los fruto... more Para que el cultivo de la historia de la ciencia ad quiera cabal sentido y rinda todos los frutos que promete, se impone el examen de ciertas coyun turas, propias del desenvolvimiento científico. La "revolución científica" es quizá la circunstancia en que el desarrollo de la ciencia exhibe su plena peculiaridad, sin que importe gran cosa de qué materia se trate o la época considerada. El presente trabajo es un estudio, casi único en su género, de las "revoluciones científicas". Basa do en abundante material-principalmente en los campos de la física y la química-, procura esclarecer conceptos, corregir malentendidos y, en suma, demostrar la extraordinaria compleji dad del mecanismo del progreso científico, cuan do es examinado sin ideas preconcebidas: más de una sorpresa nos reserva este camino, más de un recoveco del análisis incita a protestar con vehe mencia antes de quedar convencidos. A fin de cuentas, el itinerario que parecía simple y ra cional resulta ser complejo y proteico.
9 0 5-1 9 9 7) classic account of explanation is widely known as the "cover ing-law model. " It i... more 9 0 5-1 9 9 7) classic account of explanation is widely known as the "cover ing-law model. " It includ es two species : the Deductive-Nomological Expla nation and the Probabilistic-Statistical Explanation . Since its introduction in the semi nal pape r co-autho red by Hempel and Paul Oppenh eim (1948), the model has been intense ly debated and criticized in the philosophy of scien ce literat ure. For although certain experiments are always necessary to serve as a basis for reasoning, nevertheless, once these experiments are given, we shou ld derive from them everything which anyone at all could possibly derive; and we shou ld even discover what experiments rema in to be done for the clarification of all furt her doubts. That would be an admira ble help, even in political science and medicine, to steady and perfect reasoning concerning given symptoms and circumstances. For even while there will not be enough given circumstances to form an infallible judgment, we shall always be able to determine what is most pro bable on the data given. And that is all that reaso n can do.
Para que el cultivo de la historia de la ciencia ad quiera cabal sentido y rinda todos los fruto... more Para que el cultivo de la historia de la ciencia ad quiera cabal sentido y rinda todos los frutos que promete, se impone el examen de ciertas coyun turas, propias del desenvolvimiento científico. La "revolución científica" es quizá la circunstancia en que el desarrollo de la ciencia exhibe su plena peculiaridad, sin que importe gran cosa de qué materia se trate o la época considerada. El presente trabajo es un estudio, casi único en su género, de las "revoluciones científicas". Basa do en abundante material-principalmente en los campos de la física y la química-, procura esclarecer conceptos, corregir malentendidos y, en suma, demostrar la extraordinaria compleji dad del mecanismo del progreso científico, cuan do es examinado sin ideas preconcebidas: más de una sorpresa nos reserva este camino, más de un recoveco del análisis incita a protestar con vehe mencia antes de quedar convencidos. A fin de cuentas, el itinerario que parecía simple y ra cional resulta ser complejo y proteico.
9 0 5-1 9 9 7) classic account of explanation is widely known as the "cover ing-law model. " It i... more 9 0 5-1 9 9 7) classic account of explanation is widely known as the "cover ing-law model. " It includ es two species : the Deductive-Nomological Expla nation and the Probabilistic-Statistical Explanation . Since its introduction in the semi nal pape r co-autho red by Hempel and Paul Oppenh eim (1948), the model has been intense ly debated and criticized in the philosophy of scien ce literat ure. For although certain experiments are always necessary to serve as a basis for reasoning, nevertheless, once these experiments are given, we shou ld derive from them everything which anyone at all could possibly derive; and we shou ld even discover what experiments rema in to be done for the clarification of all furt her doubts. That would be an admira ble help, even in political science and medicine, to steady and perfect reasoning concerning given symptoms and circumstances. For even while there will not be enough given circumstances to form an infallible judgment, we shall always be able to determine what is most pro bable on the data given. And that is all that reaso n can do.