Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1992
Abstract
Naturalism implies unity of method-an application of the methods of science to the methodology of science itself and to value theory. Epistemological naturalists have tried to find a privileged discipline to be the methodological model of philosophy of science and epistemology. However, since science itself is not unitary, the use of one science as a model amounts to a reduction and distorts the philosophy of science just as badly as traditional philosophy of science distorted science, despite the fact that the central theme of naturalized philosophy of science is that methodology should be true to science as practiced. I argue that naturalized philosophy of science must apply a plurality of methods to epistemological issues.
Recommended Citation
Stump, David J., "Naturalized Philosophy of Science with a Plurality of Methods" (1992). Philosophy. 12.
https://repository.usfca.edu/phil/12
Comments
Article published in Philosophy of Science, 59(3), 456-460.
© 1992 by the Philosophy of Science Association