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Abstract

One of the most important aspects of Evandro Agazzi’s operational- ism lies in his attempt to wed the main idea of operationalism with a perspectival view of scientific knowledge.

In the Sect. 1 of this paper I argue that this connec­tion is essential to understanding Agazzi’s substantial contribution to the philoso­phy of science. In the Sect. 2, I briefly compare Agazzi’s and Searle’s treatment of Turing’s test, to show how important the notion of perspectival knowledge is for Agazzi. In the last section of my paper, even though I essentially agree with Agazzi’s operationalism, I raise some doubts concerning the relationship between theory and experiment and the connection between science and technique, and I propose the modifications that I believe are needed to make Agazzi’s operational- ism more consistent.

Keywords Bridgman • Searle • Hacking • New experimentalism • Operationalism • Perspectivism • Technique

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Source: Alai M., Buzzoni M., Tarozzi G. (eds.). Science Between Truth and Ethical Responsibility: Evandro Agazzi in the Contemporary Scientific and Philosophical Debate. Springer,2015. — 337 pp.. 2015

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