Methods of Social Choice of Scientific Theories

Henryk Ogryzko-Wiewiórowski

Methods of Social Choice of Scientific Theories

In: On Comparing and Evaluating Scientific Theories

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Henryk Ogryzko-Wiewiórowski

Henryk Ogryzko-Wiewiórowski Department of Philosophy, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, M. Curie-Skłodowskiej 4, 20-031, Lublin, Poland

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Pages:: 105–132

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004457775_007

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The criteria for the evaluation of scientific theories are considered to be one of the most important problems in the contemporary philosophy of science. However, there is no agreement as to which criteria of evaluation are most essential. Scientists differ in their opinions with respect to the importance of particular properties of theories. In this paper the author considers the problem of evaluating scientific theories on the basis of the social choice theory. He presents a matrix-hierarchical conception of social choice with three models: a model of one-dimensional choice, a model of multidimensional social choice with fixed criteria of individual preferences and a model of multidimensional social choice with varying criteria of individual preferences. Such a formulation of the problem at hand makes it possible to evaluate scientific theories in the light of any number of criteria.

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On Comparing and Evaluating Scientific Theories

Series: Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Volume: 72

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004457775

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2000

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  - Epistemology & Metaphysics
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