THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE UNDERDETERMINATION AND EMPIRICAL MEDIATION IN DEDUCTIVE SYSTEMS WITH THEORETICAL TERMS
V.N. Karpovich1,2
1Institute of philosophy and law SB RAS, Novosibirsk
2Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk
Keywords: knowledge, term, Craig’s theorem, Quine, theory, empiric generalization, underdetermination
Abstract
The paper discusses the so called Quine’s empirical underdetermination thesis for scientific theories in the context of elimination procedures for theoretical terms. The so called Craig’s (interpolation) theorem presupposes that the set of all relevant observation conditionals should be recursively enumerable. For Quine’s philosophical attitudes, it is doubtful that this condition is satisfiable. So, the arguments from interpolation cannot be used against underdetermination thesis.
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