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Priority Disputes in Science in the Context of Conflicting Norms:The Case of Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz Revisited 被引量:1

Priority Disputes in Science in the Context of Conflicting Norms:The Case of Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz Revisited
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摘要 Thomas S. Kuhn is one of the leading philosophers and historians of science that investigated in-depth cases of simultaneous discoveries in science. Although his analysis of the discovery of energy conservation and oxygen did not focus sharply on the priority disputes involved, it is within such contexts that controversy about which scientist was the first to make a discovery takes place. Evidently, Kuhn's recourse to historical case studies is a clear departure from the standpoint of traditional mainstream philosophies of science (namely, logical positivism and falsificationism), which cavalierly dismissed such concerns as irrelevant to philosophical reconstructions of science Challenges to orthodox logistic approaches were prompted by the realisation that the two dominant traditions mentioned above, in their excessive preoccupation with "the logical skeleton of science", have lost contact with real science. As a contribution to what Michael Polanyi referred to as post-critical philosophy, the present study reanalyses the tension-generating potentials of bipolar values shared by members of scientific communities. It traces the origins of the rebellion against logic-dominated philosophies of science, and identifies different post-positivist approaches that have eme^rged over the years which legitimise broadening the frontiers of the philosophy of science. Consequent upon that, some conflicting values or norms shared by members of scientific communities and how they affect the quest for scientific knowledge are underscored. Using as a case study the acrimonious priority dispute between Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz concerning the discovery of calculus, the paper demonstrates that excessive concern for recognition which sometimes leads to protracted priority disputes tends to bring out the worst kind of behaviours towards colleagues even from the greatest scientists. We submit, by way of conclusion, that despite the heroic (almost god-like) reputation of such scientists, they are human and, therefore, subject to the vicissitudes of emotional turbulence just like everyone else.
机构地区 University of Lagos
出处 《Journal of Philosophy Study》 2011年第5期311-326,共16页 哲学研究(英文版)
关键词 priority dispute conflicting norms values science as a social institution scientific discovery scientificcommunity CALCULUS 科学史家 莱布尼茨 优先权 纠纷 牛顿 逻辑实证主义 语境 科学传统
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