ABSTRACT This discussion note aims to contribute to the ongoing debate over the nature of scientific progress. I argue against the semantic view of scientific progress, according to which scientific progress consists in approximation to truth or increasing verisimilitude. If the semantic view of scientific progress were correct, then scientists would make scientific progress simply by arbitrarily adding true disjuncts to their hypotheses or theories. Given that it is not the case that scientists could make scientific progress simply by arbitrarily adding true disjuncts to their hypotheses or theories, it follows that the semantic view of scientific progress is incorrect.

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科学进步：为什么接近真相还不够

摘要本讨论笔记旨在促进有关科学进步本质的持续辩论。我反对科学进步的语义学观点，科学进步的语义学观点认为科学进步在于接近真理或日益逼真。如果科学进步的语义观点是正确的，那么科学家只需简单地在其假设或理论上添加真正的脱节，就可以取得科学进步。鉴于并非不可能仅通过在其假设或理论上随意添加真正的分离就可以使科学家取得科学进步，因此得出科学进步的语义观点是错误的。