Resumo

ACCORINTI, Hernán Lucas. El problema de la representación: ¿razonamientos subrogantes válidos o sólidos?. Crítica (Méx., D.F.) [online]. 2022, vol.54, n.160, pp.57-81.  Epub 02-Maio-2023. ISSN 0011-1503.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iifs.l8704905e.2022.1310.

In this article, I will try to provide good reasons that show the weakness of the arguments given by Contessa to support valid surrogate reasoning (SR) over solid ones as a source of representing. Firstly, I will analyze certain epistemic advantages of the criterion supported by solid SR, showing the limits of the criterion stipulated by Contessa. Secondly, I will show that the arguments given by Contessa to dismiss solid SR criteria are deficient since, at best, they do not demonstrate anything and, at worst, they either commit an ambiguity fallacy or a petitio principii.

Palavras-chave : models; scientific representation; Contessa; inferential conception; truth.