Massimi, Michela (2022) Perspectival ontology: between situated knowledge and multiculturalism. [Preprint]

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In this paper I give a brief overview of a perspectival realist ontology. I discuss the role of situated knowledge and multiculturalism in perspectival ontology and offer a working definition of 'phenomena' as the minimal unit of such ontological commitment. I clarify how the view (and underlying notion of scientific perspective) differs from Kuhn's view, and highlight some of its implications for how to think of scientific knowledge as a multicultural and cosmopolitan inquiry.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Massimi, Michela michela.massimi@ed.ac.uk 0000-0001-6626-9174
Keywords:	perspectival realism, phenomena, scientific perspective, situated knowledge, multiculturalism in science
Subjects:	General Issues > Natural Kinds General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Depositing User:	Michela Massimi
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2022 04:45
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2022 04:45
Item ID:	20105
Subjects:	General Issues > Natural Kinds General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Date:	10 January 2022
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20105

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