Scientific Objectivity and Its Limits
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Healey (0000-0001-6872-4900, University of Arizona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 639-662 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/716169 |
| OpenAlex | W3091643711 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 23 |
Measurement outcomes provide data for a physical theory. Unless they are objective they support no objective scientific knowledge. So the outcome of a quantum measurement must be an objective physical fact. But recent arguments purport to show that if quantum theory is universally applicable then there is no such fact. This calls for a reappraisal of the notions of fact and objectivity. If quantum theory is universally applicable the facts about the physical world include a fact about each quantum measurement outcome. These physical facts lack an ideal kind of objectivity but their more modest objectivity is all that science needs
Epistemology · Objectivity (philosophy · Philosophy of science · Sociology · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Quantum Mechanics and Applications
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |