Kilka uwag o problemie demarkacji ze stanowiska informacjonizmu

• Authors: Bartosz Gorzula

Title variants

EN

A Few Remarks on Demarcation Problem from the Perspective of Informationism

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a different perspective on the problem of demarcation. It presents the results achieved by J. Hintikka and the Finnish school of the philosophy of science. However, the origins of this approach can be traced to the work of R. Carnap and Y. Bar-Hillel. The controversy over confirmationism and falsificationism is based on false assumptions. We need both probability and informative content. Our theories must have a connection with reality (high probability) and reflect its deep structure (information). Expected informational content allows us to define a “negative” demarcation criterion between science and pseudoscience.

Keywords

PL

demarcation problem; pseudoscience; informationism; falsificationism; confirmationism; abduction; epistemology of information; explanatory power; semantic information

• Publisher: Copernicus Center Press
• Journal: Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 52
• Pages: 107-130

Dates

published

2013-06-25

Contributors

author

Bartosz Gorzula