EMPIRISCHE ADÄQUATHEIT STATT OBJEKTIVER BESCHREIBUNG? EIN KURZER KOMMENTAR ÜBER DIE RELEVANZ DES EPISTEMISCHEN RELATIVISMUS ZUM VERSTEHEN DER WISSENSCHAFT AM BEISPIEL DES KONSTRUKTIVEN EMPIRISMUS BAAS VAN FRAASSENS
EMPIRICAL ADEQUACY INSTEAD OF OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION? A BRIEF COMMENTARY ON THE RELEVANCE OF EPISTEMIC RELATIVISM TO UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE USING THE EXAMPLE OF BAAS VAN FRAASSEN'S CONSTRUCTIVE EMPIRICISM

Summary/Abstract: This analysis is intended as a brief commentary on the relevance of scientific relativism to the understanding of science. This topic is discussed here using the example of Baas van Fraassen's theory, which he developed under the name of “constructive empiricism”. The first part of the text deals with drawing the conceptual framework of what scientific relativism means. Since B. van Fraassen did not explicitly describe his position as relativism, it must be further argued to what extent his theory can be understood in the sense of the definition criteria given in the first point. The concluding considerations are dedicated to presenting some comments on the relevance of epistemic relativism and constructive empiricism for understanding scientific knowledge.

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