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Bräutigam, Maren ORCID: 0009-0009-5434-8620 (2025). Bird’s Knowing Science: on cases of scientific progress. Asian Journal of Philosophy, 4 (2). Springer Nature. ISSN 2731-4642

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Abstract

[Artikel-Nr.: 81] In his recent book Knowing Science , Alexander Bird argues that scientific progress is to be understood in terms of the accumulation of knowledge (CK). To this end, he employs the method of conceptual analysis; i.e., he considers several (actual or hypothetical) cases and argues that CK does the best job in capturing our intuitions concerning the applicability of the concept ‘scientific progress’. In this review, I argue that the cases which Bird considers are not fully adequate for the sake at hand, because they describe progress towards science rather than progress within science (which I take the concept of scientific progress to be all about).

Item Type:	Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Bräutigam, Maren UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5434-8620 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-801057
Identification Number:	10.1007/s44204-025-00304-9
Journal or Publication Title:	Asian Journal of Philosophy
Volume:	4
Number:	2
Number of Pages:	6
Date:	23 July 2025
Publisher:	Springer Nature
ISSN:	2731-4642
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 8: Philosophie (Philosophisches Seminar) > Philosophisches Seminar
Subjects:	Philosophy
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Scientific progress ; Knowledge ; Conceptual analysis English
['eprint_fieldname_oa_funders' not defined]:	Publikationsfonds UzK
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/80105