Virmajoki, Veli
(2021)
Understanding Futures of Science. Connecting Causal Layered Analysis and the Philosophy of Science.
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Abstract
In this paper, I analyze the similarities and connections between the philosophy of science and causal layered analysis. I point out that the philosophy of science can be understood as a kind of causal layered analysis of science. The philosophy of science has mythic/metaphoric, structural/worldview, and causal levels that make science understandable. Moreover, the philosophy of science has analytic tools that correspond to the items in the so-called poststructural toolbox. These similarities and connections mean that the insights in the philosophy of science can be used to investigate the important but neglected topic of possible futures of science. This makes it possible (i) to open up the present and past to create alternative futures of science, and (ii) to reveal deep worldview commitments behind surface phenomena in science-related discourses. Connecting the philosophy of science with causal layered analysis also provides fresh insight into the nature of each approach.
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