Frases de Alan Francis Chalmers

Alan Francis Chalmers o Alan F. Chalmers , es un físico, profesor, escritor y filósofo de la ciencia británico. Es principalmente conocido por su libro ¿Qué es esa cosa llamada ciencia?, que ha sido utilizado como guía básica sobre epistemología durante los últimos 30 años. Wikipedia  

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“The aim of science is to falsify theories and to replace them by better theories, theories that demonstrate a greater ability to withstand tests.”

Alan Chalmers libro What Is This Thing Called Science?

Fuente: What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition; 1999), Chapter 6, Sophisticated falsification, novel predictions and the growth of science, p. 83

“Empiricism and positivism share the common view that scientific knowledge should in some way be derived from the facts arrived at by observation.”

Alan Chalmers libro What Is This Thing Called Science?

Fuente: What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition; 1999), Chapter 1, Science as knowledge derived form the facts of experience, p. 3.

“Two normal observers viewing the same object from the same place under the same physical circumstances do not necessarily have identical visual experiences, even though the images on their respective retinas may be virtually identical.”

Alan Chalmers libro What Is This Thing Called Science?

Fuente: What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition; 1999), Chapter 1, Science as knowledge derived form the facts of experience, p. 5.

“The experienced and skilled observer does not have perceptual experiences identical to those of the untrained novice when the two confront the same situation.”

Alan Chalmers libro What Is This Thing Called Science?

Fuente: What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition; 1999), Chapter 1, Science as knowledge derived form the facts of experience, p. 8.

“Many kinds of processes are at work in the world around us, and they are all superimposed on, and interact with, each other in complicated ways.”

Alan Chalmers libro What Is This Thing Called Science?

Fuente: What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition; 1999), Chapter 3, Experiment, p. 28.

“The greater the number of conjectured theories that are confronted by the realities of the world, and the more speculative those conjectures are, the greater will be the chances of major advances in science.”

Alan Chalmers libro What Is This Thing Called Science?

Fuente: What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition; 1999), Chapter 5, Introducing falsification, p. 67.

“The confirmations of novel predictions resulting from bold conjectures are very important in the falsificationist account of the growth of science.”

Alan Chalmers libro What Is This Thing Called Science?

Fuente: What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition; 1999), Chapter 6, Sophisticated falsification, novel predictions and the growth of science, p. 81.

“A far as perception is concerned, the only things with which an observer has direct and immediate contact are his or her experiences.”

Alan Chalmers libro What Is This Thing Called Science?

Fuente: What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition; 1999), Chapter 1, Science as knowledge derived form the facts of experience, p. 8.

“Science progresses by trial and error, by conjectures and refutations. Only the fittest theories survive.”

Alan Chalmers libro What Is This Thing Called Science?

Fuente: What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition; 1999), Chapter 5, Introducing falsification, p. 60.

“Which facts are relevant and which are not relevant to a science will be relative to the current state of development of that science.”

Alan Chalmers libro What Is This Thing Called Science?

Fuente: What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition; 1999), Chapter 3, Experiment, p. 27.

“Science describes not just the observable world but also the world that lies beyond the appearances. This is a rough statement of realism with respect to science.”

Alan Chalmers libro What Is This Thing Called Science?

Fuente: What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition; 1999), Chapter 15, Realism and anti-realism, p. 226.

“A mature science is governed by a single paradigm.”

Alan Chalmers libro What Is This Thing Called Science?

Fuente: What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition; 1999), Chapter 8, Theories as structures I: Kuhn's paradigms, p. 109.

“Science is widely esteemed. Apparently it is a widely held belief that there is something special about science and its methods.”

Alan Chalmers libro What Is This Thing Called Science?

Introduction, p. xix.
What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition; 1999)

“Scientists are typically good at making scientific progress, but not particularly good at articulating what the progress consists of.”

Alan Chalmers libro What Is This Thing Called Science?

Fuente: What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition; 1999), Chapter 16, Epilogue, p. 252.

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