论文标题
物理与科学：对不可决定的问题采取立场的艺术
Physics and science: the art of taking a stance about undecidable questions
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论文摘要
在过去的一个世纪中，关于不可预测性，不可证明性和不确定性的许多基本结果迫使科学家努力应对以下想法，即我们当前的理论可能永远无法解决某些问题。尽管这种存在的危机似乎是新的，但我们提出了这样一种观点，即它具有悠久的历史，实际上，为不可确定的问题提供封闭是科学实践和发展的决定性特征。我们以历史和当代的例子来支持我们的主张，并表明许多不可证明的科学实例的症结是一种无效的归纳形式。最后，我们利用论文来讨论数学在科学中的位置，并评估心理哲学中某些观点是否可能为我们提供封闭。
In the past century many fundamental results on unpredictability, undecidability and uncertainty have compelled scientists to grapple with the idea that some questions may never be resolved within our current theories. While this existential crisis may appear to be new, we develop the view that it has a long history and that, in fact, providing closure to undecidable questions is a defining feature of scientific practice and development. We support our claim with historical and contemporary examples and suggest that the crux of many instances of undecidability in science is a form of invalid induction. Finally, we use our thesis to discuss the place of mathematics in the sciences, and to assess whether or not certain perspectives in the philosophy of mind might provide us with closure.
