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A Euthyphronic Problem for Kitcher's Epistemology of Science
Author(s) -
Roland Jeffrey W.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the southern journal of philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2041-6962
pISSN - 0038-4283
DOI - 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2009.tb00091.x
Subject(s) - naturalism , epistemology , social epistemology , meta epistemology , epistemology of wikipedia , philosophy , philosophy of science , formal epistemology
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.