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In this paper, I show how a theory’s overall virtue is shaped by its ideological parsimony -- parsimony with respect to the terminology employed in stating the theory. I distinguish between a theory’s truth and its fidelity ('joint-carvingness') and the corresponding epistemic and fidelic virtues.
Mar 1, 2021 · HIGH-FIDELITY METAPHYSICS: IDEOLOGICAL PARSIMONY IN THEORY CHOICE. BY. PETER FINOCCHIARO. Abstract: Many metaphysicians utilize the virtue-driven methodology. According to this. methodology,...
- Peter Finocchiaro
High-fidelity experiments, I propose, are those that can provide strong evidence against the presence of virtue in test subjects, merely through the observation of a single behavior that is contrary to a virtue. Low-fidelity experiments do not provide disconfirming evidence in this way.
Nov 23, 2020 · High-fidelity experiments would be those one-off experiments where an agent’s behavior provides strong evidence against the possession of a virtue, whereas low-fidelity experiments would be those in which this was not the case.
- Matthew Wilson, Matthew Wilson
- mfwilson@jbu.edu
- 2020
Mar 17, 2021 · I distinguish between a theory's truth and its fidelity (‘joint‐carvingness’) and the corresponding epistemic and fidelic virtues. I argue that ideological parsimony is not an epistemic virtue but is a fidelic virtue.
- Peter Finocchiaro
- 2021
High-Fidelity Metaphysics. P. Finocchiaro. Published 2019. Philosophy. When metaphysicians debate which among rival theories is most worthy of endorsement, they often utilize the virtue-driven methodology.
root of all philosophy – is the systematic investigation of the most fundamental structure of reality. It includes, as an important sub-division, ontology: the study of what general categories of things do or could exist. The philosophy of mind is involved with metaphysics because it has to say something
