Scientific progress as accumulation of knowledge: a reply to Rowbottom

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 39 (2):279-281 (2008)
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I defend my view that scientific progress is constituted by the accumulation of knowledge against a challenge from Rowbottom in favour of the semantic view that it is only truth that is relevant to progress.Keywords: Scientific progress; Knowledge; Aim of inquiry; Darrell Rowbottom.

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10.1016/j.shpsa.2008.03.019

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Justified judging.Alexander Bird - 2007 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 74 (1):81–110.
N-rays and the semantic view of scientific progress.Darrell Patrick Rowbottom - 2008 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 39 (2):277-278.

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