Science and operationality
pp. 27-44
in: Mario Alai, Marco Buzzoni, Gino Tarozzi (eds), Science between truth and ethical responsibility, Berlin, Springer, 2015Abstrakt
One of the most important aspects of Evandro Agazzi's operationalism 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 operationalism more consistent.
