AN INFERENTIAL APPROACH TO GEOMETRIC-DIAGRAMMATIC EXPLANATIONS IN PHYSICS

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作者：
Anta, Javier [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Barcelona, LOGOS, Barcelona, Spain
来源：
REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE FILOSOFIA DE LA CIENCIA | 2019年 / 19卷 / 38期
关键词：
mathematical explanations; physics diagrams; inferentialism; John Wheeler; geometric representation; CONCEPTION;
D O I：
10.18270/rcfc.v19i38.2297
中图分类号：
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号：
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要：
The main purpose of this paper is to show that geometrical and diagrammatical explanations of physical phenomena are both possible within real-world scientific practices and epistemically advantageous regarding their symbolic-linguistic counterparts. As a way of illustrating these theses, I will analyze John Wheeler's geometrical procedure for computing relativistic quantities in a nuclear physics scenario. Additionally, I will assess (from an inferential perspective) the epistemic reliability of these particular explanations in terms of an Inferential Validity Criterion, which established a semantic-syntactic dependence relation between explananda and explanandum.
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页数：24
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