Rivera Silvia
Área de Ética en Pediatría Ambulatoria de la SAP.
Vertex. 2014 Jul-Aug;25(116):308-14.
Reductionism is a constitutive feature of the "standard view" or inherited conception in philosophy of science, such as Enrique Marí says in his book "Elements of comparative epistemology". Whereas the "standard view" is one of the articulators of scientism - epistemological hegemonic position in the contexts of education, innovation, evaluation and application of techno-scientific knowledge - imposed an analysis of this concept as a necessary condition for its overcoming. This article intends to define the meaning and scope of the epistemological reductionism within the framework of the biomedical sciences, on the basis of their genealogy, and then moving in the explicitation of the multiple ways that invest for, finally, realize the consequences of his naive acceptance - or perhaps downright accomplice, of a great part of the scientific community. The consequences are presented in the field of theory, but very particularly in the field of praxis. Establishing the ethical implications of the epistemological reductionism in the theory and practice of Biomedical Sciences is the objective of this work.
还原论是科学哲学中“标准观点”或传统观念的一个构成性特征，正如恩里克·马里在其《比较认识论原理》一书中所说。而“标准观点”是科学主义的阐释者之一——在技术科学知识的教育、创新、评估和应用背景下的认识论霸权地位——将对这一概念的分析作为克服它的必要条件。本文旨在基于生物医学科学的谱系，在生物医学科学框架内界定认识论还原论的含义和范围，然后阐述其投入的多种方式，最终揭示科学界很大一部分人天真接受——甚至可能是完全同谋——它所带来的后果。这些后果在理论领域有所呈现，但在实践领域尤为突出。确定认识论还原论在生物医学科学理论与实践中的伦理含义是这项工作的目标。
