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Selective realism versus individual realism for scientifi c creativity

SELEKTYVUSIS REALIZMAS VERSUS INDIVIDUALUSIS MOKSLINIO KŪRYBINGUMO REALIZMAS

Pages 97-107 | Received 10 Jan 2017, Accepted 24 May 2017, Published online: 03 Jul 2017
 

Abstract

Individual realism asserts that our best scientific theories are (approximately) true. In contrast, selective realism asserts that only the stable posits of our best scientific theories are true. Hence, individual realism recommends that we accept more of what our best scientific theories say about the world than selective realism does. The more scientists believe what their theories say about the world, the more they are motivated to exercise their imaginations and think up new theories and experiments. Therefore, individual realism better fosters scientific creativity than selective realism.

Santrauka

Remiantis individualiuoju realizmu, mūsų geriausios mokslinės teorijos yra (ti- kėtinai) teisingos. Remiantis selektyviuoju realizmu, priešingai, tik nekintami mūsų geriausių mokslinių teorijų pagrindai yra teisingi. Taigi individualusis realizmas pataria labiau sutikti su tuo, ką apie pasaulį teigia mūsų geriausios mokslinės teorijos, o ne selektyvusis realizmas. Kuo labiau mokslininkai įsi- tikinę dėl to, ką jų teorijos sako apie pasaulį, tuo labiau jie yra motyvuoti pa- tikrinti savo vaizdinius bei permąstyti naujas teorijas ir eksperimentus. Todėl individualusis realizmas mokslinį kūrybingumą skatina kur kas labiau nei se- lektyvusis realizmas.

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