By briefly reviewing three well-known scientific revolutions in fundamental physics (the discovery of inertia, of special relativity and of general relativity), I claim that problems that were supposed to be crying for a dynamical explanation in the old paradigm ended up receiving a structural explanation in the new one. This claim is meant to give more substance to Kuhn’s view that revolutions are accompanied by a shift in what needs to be explained, while suggesting at the same time the existence of a pattern that is common to all of the discussed case-studies. It remains to be seen whether also quantum mechanics, in particular entanglement, conforms to this pattern
Dorato, M. (2014). Causal versus structural explanations in scientific revolutions. SYNTHESE.
Titolo: | Causal versus structural explanations in scientific revolutions | |
Autori: | DORATO, Mauro (Corresponding) | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2014 | |
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Citazione: | Dorato, M. (2014). Causal versus structural explanations in scientific revolutions. SYNTHESE. | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11590/143663 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |