Kozlov, Anatolii and Stuart, Michael T orcid.org/0000-0002-4165-2641 (2024) Scientific experimental articles are modernist stories. European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 32. ISSN 1879-4912
Abstract
This paper attempts to revive the epistemological discussion of scientific articles. What are their epistemic aims, and how are they achieved? We argue that scientific experimental articles are best understood as a particular kind of narrative: i.e., modernist narratives (think: Woolf, Joyce), at least in the sense that they employ many of the same techniques, including colligation and the juxtaposition of multiple perspectives. We suggest that this way of writing is necessary given the nature of modern science, but it also has specific epistemic benefits: it provides readers with an effective way to grasp the content of scientific articles which increases their understanding. On the other hand, modernist writing is vulnerable to certain kinds of epistemic abuses, which can be found instantiated in modern scientific writing as well.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Philosophy (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2024 09:40 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 20:03 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-024-00592-7 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s13194-024-00592-7 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:215120 |
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