After "Naturalization of Epistemology": Intelligence and its Simulation in the Philosophical Perspective

Author: Zheng Xiangfu, Hong Wei
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book elaborates on the developmental trends and fundamental characteristics of contemporary Western philosophy of science. The author believes that the research in contemporary Western philosophy of science is entering an innovative period, marked by several major turning points. The first turning point is the debate over the limitations of induction, leading from logical positivism to historicism. The second turning point is the controversy over the nature of scientific theories, resulting in the debate between scientific realism and anti-realism. The third turning point is the naturalization trend in epistemology, which has sparked a debate between naturalized and non-naturalized epistemology. Each of these turning points has critically questioned traditional theories, shifting the focus toward increasingly scientific research. As a result, the naturalization of epistemology has led it toward psychologism and closer integration with artificial intelligence research, becoming a foundation for AI studies. In the summarized characteristics, we can also see that traditional scientific epistemology is facing unprecedented challenges. Constructionism, pragmatism, naturalization tendencies, and sociological tendencies are replacing the pursuit of truth and the search for essence, thereby transitioning to more descriptive and empirically oriented research. Traditional epistemology is being replaced by cognitive science-oriented philosophy.