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The dynamical mode of scientific progress

  • Hao Liuxiang
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  • 1. School of Humanities, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
    2. Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Received date: 2023-09-19

  Revised date: 2024-01-02

  Online published: 2024-06-19

Abstract

This article analyzed the success and the limitation of the current main theories about scientific progress and then examined the historiographical advance of the scientific revolution given the close relationship between the two topics. Based on Quine's static explanation of the structure of scientific knowledge and Floris Cohen's kinematic interpretation of the scientific revolution, this article proposed a dynamical mode of scientific progress which claims that scientific progress comes from the interactive accommodation between belief, theory and experience. Furthermore, this article compared this dynamical mode with Kuhn's paradigm and Strevens' knowledge machine, and revealed the advantages of this dynamical mode over them.

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Hao Liuxiang . The dynamical mode of scientific progress[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2024 , 42(10) : 27 -39 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2023.09.01426

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