The Development of Philosophy of Science from Critical Realist Viewpoint: a Hasty Review

Subject Areas : Philosophy

علی پایا ¹ (ندارد)

Received: 2007-10-24 Accepted : 2008-03-12 Published : 2007-09-23

Keywords: philosophy of science, logical positivism, critical rationality, historical turn, sociological turn, epistemological turn, ethics of science,

Abstract :

Here, after presenting some “definitions” of philosophy of science, I workout my plausible definition and, then, engage in the most significantchanges of philosophy of science from origin until today as briefly aspossible. Although, main purpose is that our readers get perspective aboutsubject-matter and question accompanying with their proposal solution,but, in some cases, subject-matters are criticized and evaluated from arealistic view based on critical rationality.