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Science and operationality

Marco Buzzoni

pp. 27-44

One of the most important aspects of Evandro Agazzi's operationalism lies in his attempt to wed the main idea of operationalism with a perspectival view of scientific knowledge. In the Sect. 1 of this paper I argue that this connection is essential to understanding Agazzi's substantial contribution to the philosophy of science. In the Sect. 2, I briefly compare Agazzi's and Searle's treatment of Turing 's test, to show how important the notion of perspectival knowledge is for Agazzi . In the last section of my paper, even though I essentially agree with Agazzi's operationalism, I raise some doubts concerning the relationship between theory and experiment and the connection between science and technique, and I propose the modifications that I believe are needed to make Agazzi's operationalism more consistent.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16369-7_3

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Buzzoni, M. (2015)., Science and operationality, in M. Alai, M. Buzzoni & G. Tarozzi (eds.), Science between truth and ethical responsibility, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 27-44.

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