Fábregas-Tejeda, Alejandro (2025) Toward a Metaphilosophy of Science. [Preprint]

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This chapter sketches, in a programmatic spirit, the possible contours of a metaphilosophy of science—a second-order discourse and inquiry into the concepts, assumptions, aims, and methods that underpin philosophy of science itself. Such a project, open to collective pursuit, can clarify the discipline's current landscape, promote critical self-reflexivity, and open new possibilities for its future. After providing background notes, I survey key issues—ranging from the methods and aims of philosophy of science to recurrent descriptive and normative debates—and examine their interrelations, before concluding with proposals for fostering metaphilosophy of science through local, mid-term, and long-term initiatives.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Fábregas-Tejeda, Alejandro alejandro.fabregastejeda@kuleuven.be 0000-0002-1797-5467
Additional Information:	Fábregas-Tejeda, A. (forthcoming). Toward a Metaphilosophy of Science. In A. C. Love & S. Verhaegh (Eds.), Philosophy of Science: Past, Present and Future. Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Keywords:	Metaphilosophy, metaphilosophy of science, philosophical methodology, methods of HPS, aims of philosophy of science, history of philosophy of science
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science Education General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Dr. Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda
Date Deposited:	16 Sep 2025 10:23
Last Modified:	16 Sep 2025 10:23
Item ID:	26661
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science Education General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	15 September 2025
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/26661

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