Browsing Revista Colombiana de Filosofía de la Ciencia by Issue Date "2019-10-04"
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La agencia técnica animal: hacia una explicación de las conductas de uso y fabricación de herramientas
(Universidad El Bosque, 2019-10-04)In this paper I examine the notion of “agency” and its possible application to the animal technique. Although the traditional theory of action considers that non-human animals cannot be agents due to their lacks of language, ... -
Explicaciones Geométrico-Diagramáticas en Física desde una Perspectiva Inferencial
(Universidad El Bosque, 2019-10-04)The main purpose of this paper is to show that geometrical and diagrammatical expla- nations of physical phenomena are both possible within real-world scientific practices and epistemically advantageous regarding their ... -
Eres un realista selectivo dialeteísta y no te has dado cuenta?
(Universidad El Bosque, 2019-10-04)Selective Realism is the most-common ‘type’ of scientific realism. It groups many diverse approaches to science, theories, and truth, and so, it is very difficult to define it with precision. Yet, there are three elements ... -
Desacuerdo en lógica
(Universidad El Bosque, 2019-10-04)In this brief paper the Quine ́s famous thesis, according to which a change of logic implies a change in the meaning that logical expressions convey, is analyzed and criticized. First, as a result of the analysis, I show ... -
Definición de cáncer
(Universidad El Bosque, 2019-10-04)The aim of the article is to reflect on a scientific controversy between two paradigms in oncology, both belonging to the global biomedical paradigm, regarding the definition of cancer and its implications for treatments ...