A New Perspective on Objectivity and Conventionalism

Nounou, Antigone; Dorato, Mauro; Lutz, Sebastian; Hartmann, Stephan; Debs, Talal and Redhead, Michael (2010): A New Perspective on Objectivity and Conventionalism. In: Metascience, Vol. 19, No. 1: pp. 3-27

Abstract

This review is a critical discussion of three main claims in Debs and Redhead’s thought-provoking book Objectivity, Invariance, and Convention. These claims are: (i) Social acts impinge upon formal aspects of scientific representation; (ii) symmetries introduce the need for conventional choice; (iii) perspectival symmetry is a necessary and sufficient condition for objectivity, while symmetry simpliciter fails to be necessary.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science > Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP); Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science > Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) > Philosophy of Science
• Subjects: 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 100 Philosophy
• ISSN: 0815-0796
• Language: English