Is fertility virtuous in its own right?

被引：15

作者：

Nolan, D ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Macquarie Univ, Dept Philosophy, N Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia

来源：

BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE | 1999年 / 50卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1093/bjps/50.2.265

中图分类号：

N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;

摘要：

Fertility (or fruitfulness or fecundity) is often listed among the virtues which are desirable for scientific theories to possess. In this paper I discuss the several species of theoretical virtues called 'fertility', and argue in each case that the desirability of 'fertility' can be explicated in terms of other, more fundamental theoretical virtues.

引用

页码：265 / 282

页数：18

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