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HPASS: “On the Constitutive Aims of Science” – Josh Hunt, Syracuse University

January 8, 2025 | 5:00PM – 7:00PM Dodd Hall 248 & Zoom RSVP HERE   Join us on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 in Dodd Hall 248 (and Zoom) for a talk by Josh Hunt, Syracuse University, as part of the History, Philosophy, and Science of Science (HPASS) speaker series.   On the Constitutive Aims of Science   I recast the debate between scientific realists and antirealists as a dispute over the constitutive aims of science. Drawing on accounts of epistemic normativity, I propose a general method for identifying the constitutive aims of an activity, understood as minimal criteria for success....