Choi, Hong Hui (2026) Progress in Science. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

In contemporary literature, philosophers tend to treat progress and aim as closely related concepts. Accordingly, scientific progress is often defined as achievement of the aim of science. Problem: different pockets of science have different aims. To solve this, one approach argues that these diverse aims are reducible to a single constitutive aim of science, while another tries to redefine scientific progress without aims. I will argue that a conceptual shift from “scientific progress” to “progress in science” resolves the apparent tension between these two approaches and it encourages normative discourse that is of substantive importance to the question of progress.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Choi, Hong Hui hoc46@pitt.edu 0009-0005-0834-2069
Keywords:	scientific progress, aim of science
Subjects:	General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Mr Hong Hui Choi
Date Deposited:	31 May 2026 12:47
Last Modified:	31 May 2026 12:47
Item ID:	29828
Subjects:	General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	30 May 2026
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/29828

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