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Zwicky as a Pluralist

Publication date: 11.09.2024

Studia Historiae Scientiarum, 2024, 23 (2024), pp. 609-624

https://doi.org/10.4467/2543702XSHS.24.016.19589

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Zwicky as a Pluralist

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Fritz Zwicky is best known to the general public for his scientific work. His methodological views are less known and some of his philosophical ideas did not receive favorable reviews. In other reading, however, Zwicky’s principle of flexibility of scientific truth, which asserts that no scientific statement can be absolute but rather subject to refinements or expansions, shows it as a contribution to epistemic pluralism.

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Information: Studia Historiae Scientiarum, 2024, 23 (2024), pp. 609-624

Article type: Original article

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English: Zwicky as a Pluralist
Polish: Zwicky jako pluralista

Published at: 11.09.2024

Received at: 19.01.2024

Accepted at: 24.08.2024

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