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عنوان مقاله [English]
Carnap’s method of explication of concepts proposed based on the idea
that the main responsibility of philosopher of science is the clarification
of vague scientific and unscientific concepts in the language of science
and replacement of them by “crystal clear” ones. The critiques of
philosophers like Strawson, Quine, and Popper caused most
philosophers of science not to openly endorse Carnap’s method of
explication, even though an important part of their philosophical works
devoted to his project. In recent years, some philosophers of science
have fully defended the method of explication. Instead of criticizing the
arguments of these philosophers, this paper criticizes the products of
applying the method of explication on one important concept of
philosophy of science, “unification”. It has been shown that the efforts
of philosophers of science in offering an explication for this concept
have been futile.
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