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CANAS, DUBIAN. CONTROVERSY WITH SKEPTICS ABOUT THE JUSTIFICATION OF CLAIMS IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE WITH EVIDENCE FROM THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2022, vol.71, suppl.8, pp.237-262.  Epub 19-Jun-2024. ISSN 0120-0062.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvaiores.v71n8supi.102871.

The use of historical case studies as evidence for and against philosophical conclusions about science is a form of integrating history and philosophy of science. Although this methodology counts with representative examples today, a sceptical argument on epistemic circularity intended to defeat it has been presented. I defend here the epistemic status of this methodology by arguing that either the sceptical argument fails, or the sceptic would ultimately be at a dialectical disadvantage. On these grounds, I suggest how this controversy with sceptics might be classified and should be conducted from here on.

Palavras-chave : case studies; epistemic circularity; theory-ladenness; historical evidence; history and philosophy of science.

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