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Philosophy of science in Latin America
Fecha
2019-08Registro en:
Cordero, Alberto; Lombardi, Olimpia Iris; Perez Ransanz, Ana Rosa; Philosophy of science in Latin America; Stanford University. Department of Philosophy; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy; 2019; 8-2019; 1-57
1095-5054
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Cordero, Alberto
Lombardi, Olimpia Iris
Perez Ransanz, Ana Rosa
Resumen
When philosophy of science began as a professional field in the late 1940s, contributions from Latin America joined the forefront of the international debate right away. Philosophers of science from the subcontinent have expanded their presence since. This article aims to provide an overview of philosophy of science in the subcontinent. The primary focus is on contributions produced in Latin America by thinkers living in the region, with an emphasis on “mainstream philosophy of science”—a discipline centered in the study of scientific knowledge, metaphysics, methodology, and values, broadly analytic in style, as exemplified by works published in such major journals as Philosophy of Science, Erkenntnis, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, and Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science...