European Journal for Philosophy of Science ( IF 1.5 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-28 , DOI: 10.1007/s13194-021-00401-5 Majid D. Beni 1
Inspired by Ronald Giere’s (1989, 1992) cognitive approach to scientific models, Cognitive Structural Realism (CSR) has presented a naturalist account of scientific representation (Beni, 2019a). CSR characterises the structure of theories in terms of cognitive structures. These are informational structures embodied in the brains of (allegedly individual) scientists. CSR accounts for scientific representation in terms of the dynamical relationship between the organism and its environment. The proposal has been criticised on account of its negligence of social aspects of scientific practice. The present paper aims to chart out a reply to the objection. It shows that cognitive structures do not need to be put inside the brains of single individuals. Cognitive structures are redefined as extended structures in distributed cognitive systems (such as a scientific group) under Free Energy Principle.
中文翻译:
夸大认知结构现实主义的社会方面
受 Ronald Giere (1989, 1992) 对科学模型的认知方法的启发,认知结构现实主义 (CSR) 提出了对科学表征的自然主义解释 (Beni, 2019a)。企业社会责任根据认知结构表征理论结构. 这些是体现在(据称是个人)科学家大脑中的信息结构。CSR 在有机体与其环境之间的动态关系方面解释了科学表现。该提案因其对科学实践的社会方面的疏忽而受到批评。本文件旨在拟定对反对意见的答复。它表明认知结构不需要放在单个人的大脑中。在自由能原理下,认知结构被重新定义为分布式认知系统(如科学团体)中的扩展结构。