%0 Journal Article %T EL PROBLEMA DE LA EVALUACI¨®N DE LAS TEOR¨ªAS CIENT¨ªFICAS %A Guerrero Pino %A Germ¨¢n %J Discusiones Filos¨®ficas %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X in this paper, i intend to defend the thesis that, in the process of evaluating scientific theories, there are logical and observational elements, but these are not unique: there are pragmatic elements too. the individual judgment of the scientists of a particular community and the state of development of a theory are pragmatic elements in the evaluation process. so, we can say that in this process a logical and a pragmatic rationality are involved. %K rationality %K method %K theory %K observation %K induction. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0124-61272008000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en