Esteves, Luis Gustavo and Izbicki, Rafael and Stern, Julio Michael and Stern, Rafael Bassi
(2019)
Pragmatic Hypotheses in the Evolution of Science.
Entropy, 21 (883).
pp. 1-17.
ISSN 1099-4300
Abstract
This paper introduces pragmatic hypotheses and relates this concept to the spiral of scientific evolution. Previous works determined a characterization of logically consistent statistical hypothesis tests and showed that the modal operators obtained from this test can be represented in the hexagon of oppositions. However, despite the importance of precise hypotheses in science, they cannot be accepted by logically consistent tests. Here, we show that this dilemma can be overcome by the use of pragmatic versions of precise hypotheses. These pragmatic versions allow a level of imprecision in the hypothesis that is small relative to other experimental conditions. The introduction of pragmatic
hypotheses allow the evolution of scientific theories based on statistical hypothesis testing to be interpreted using the narratological structure of hexagonal spirals, as defined by Pierre Gallais.
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