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A Euthyphronic Problem for Kitcher's Epistemology of Science |
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| Authors: | Jeffrey W. Roland |
| Affiliation: | Louisiana State University Jeffrey W. Roland is currently an assistant professor of philosophy at Louisiana State University. His research focuses primarily on issues at the intersection of epistemology, philosophy and foundations of mathematics, and philosophy of science. |
| Abstract: | Philip Kitcher has advanced an epistemology of science that purports to be naturalistic. For Kitcher, this entails that his epistemology of science must explain the correctness of belief-regulating norms while endorsing a realist notion of truth. This paper concerns whether or not Kitcher's epistemology of science is naturalistic on these terms. I find that it is not but that by supplementing the account we can secure its naturalistic standing. |
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