Número 48 - 2015
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A PROPOSAL TO COMPARE DIFFERENT EXPLANATIONS OF THE SAME OBJECT

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  • Jonatan García Campos,
  • Alfonso Ávila del Palacio,
  • Damián Islas Mondragón
Jonatan García Campos
Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango
Alfonso Ávila del Palacio
Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango
Damián Islas Mondragón
Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v0i48.675

Published 2015-06-08

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Campos, J. G., del Palacio, A. Ávila, & Mondragón, D. I. (2015). A PROPOSAL TO COMPARE DIFFERENT EXPLANATIONS OF THE SAME OBJECT. Tópicos, Revista De Filosofía, (48), 9–44. https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v0i48.675
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Abstract

This paper proposes a theoretical tool with which it is possible to compare different explanations addressed to the same object of study. This tool consists of three sets of virtues: epistemic, analytical and pragmatic. To support the above are offered two case studies, the first compares two psychological explanations about the autism spectrum disorders, the second compares two explanations about the origin of numbers from an empiricist perspective.
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