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In this paper, I argue that the fact that a discipline is rarely able to secure knowledge is entirely compatible with the idea that acquiring knowledge is aim of that discipline. What’s more, I maintain that progress towards this aim can be made, and measured, even if a discipline has failed to produce any such knowledge. In motivating this controversial view, I appeal to a field which has been almost entirely ignored by the scientific progress literature: astrobiology.Scientific Progress, Astrobiology and the Pursuit of KnowledgePhilosophy of Science. forthcoming.
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Specialization
| Metaphysics and Epistemology |
| General Philosophy of Science |