Abstract
espanolEl uso de la palabra ‘empirico’ en la ciencia ha creado una cierta confusion, dado que se suele entender como ‘observable publicamente’. Por mucho que esta concepcion de lo empirico haya sido util en la ciencia, conlleva el riesgo de conferir demasiado poder explicativo a la investigacion cientifica y de incluso negar el valor de la experiencia privada. Mediante una comparacion entre las posiciones filosoficas de Alex Rosenberg y Galen Strawson argumentaremos que la experiencia privada constituye un componente esencial de la realidad que pone de relieve las limitaciones de lo publicamente observable. EnglishThe use of the word ‘empirical’ in the sciences has created an area of confusion in which it is taken to mean ‘publicly observable’. Although it is understandable, given the success of the sciences, that the use and thought behind the word ‘empirical’ should be used in this manner, this mistake runs into the risk of overstating the reach of scientific enquiry and of denying personal experience altogether. By comparing the philosophies of Alex Rosenberg and Galen Strawson, it will be argued that private experience is an essential component of life that hints at the limitations of public observability.
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