The Critical Approach To Science And Philosophy

Author : Mario Bunge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 481 pages
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Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351313070

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This collection of essays, written on four continents by scientists, philosophers and humanists, was initially presented to Karl R. Popper on his sixtieth birthday as a token of critical admiration and in recognition of his work. But the volume also stands on its own as a remarkable series of statements utilizing Popper's critical vision in the study of philosophy proper, logic, mathematics, science as method and theory, and finally to the study of society and history. What is remarkable is that Popper worked in all of these areas, not in a cursory or discursive way, but with the utmost clarity and rigor. . The core position of this volume and its contributors is that the progress of knowledge is not a linear accumulation of definitive acquisitions but a zigzagging process in which counterexamples and unfavorable evidence ruin generalizations and prompt the invention of more comprehensive and sometimes deeper generalizations, to be criticized in their turn. A critical approach to problems, procedures, and results in every field of inquiry is therefore a necessary condition for the continuance of progress. The title of this volume then is, in a sense, an homage to Popper's critical rationalism and critical empiricism. The essays are a tribute to his unceasing and uncompromising quest, not for final certainty, but for closer truth and increased clarity. Among the contributors are outstanding figures in philosophy and the exact sciences in their own right, including Herbert Feigl, R. M. Hare, J.O. Wisdom, Nicholas Rescher, David Bohm, Paul K. Feyerabend, F. A. Hayek, and Adolf Grunbaum. Social science contributions include Hans Albert on social science and moral philosophy, W. B. Gallie, on the critical philosophy of history, Pieter Geyl on The Open Society and its Enemies, and George H. Nadel on the philosophy of History.

Author : Mario Bunge,Karl Raimund Popper
Publisher : New York : Free Press of Glencoe
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012235888

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Author : Mario Bunge,Mario Augusto Bunge
Publisher : Transaction Pub
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0765804271

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Critical Approaches to Science and Philosophy by Mario Bunge,Mario Augusto Bunge Pdf

This collection of essays, written on four continents by scientists, philosophers and humanists, was initially presented to Karl R. Popper on his sixtieth birthday as a token of critical admiration and in recognition of his work. But the volume also stands on its own as a remarkable series of statements utilizing Popper's critical vision in the study of philosophy proper, logic, mathematics, science as method and theory, and finally to the study of society and history. What is remarkable is that Popper worked in all of these areas, not in a cursory or discursive way, but with the utmost clarity and rigor. . The core position of this volume and its contributors is that the progress of knowledge is not a linear accumulation of definitive acquisitions but a zigzagging process in which counterexamples and unfavorable evidence ruin generalizations and prompt the invention of more comprehensive and sometimes deeper generalizations, to be criticized in their turn. A critical approach to problems, procedures, and results in every field of inquiry is therefore a necessary condition for the continuance of progress. The title of this volume then is, in a sense, an homage to Popper's critical rationalism and critical empiricism. The essays are a tribute to his unceasing and uncompromising quest, not for final certainty, but for closer truth and increased clarity. Among the contributors are outstanding figures in philosophy and the exact sciences in their own right, including Herbert Feigl, R. M. Hare, J.O. Wisdom, Nicholas Rescher, David Bohm, Paul K. Feyerabend, F. A. Hayek, and Adolf Grunbaum. Social science contributions include Hans Albert on social science and moral philosophy, W. B. Gallie, on the critical philosophy of history, Pieter Geyl on The Open Society and its Enemies, and George H. Nadel on the philosophy of History.

Author : Helena Sheehan
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781786634276

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Marxism and the Philosophy of Science by Helena Sheehan Pdf

A masterful survey of the history of Marxist philosophy of science Sheehan retraces the development of a Marxist philosophy of science through detailed and highly readable accounts of the debates that shaped it. Skilfully deploying a large cast of characters, Sheehan shows how Marx and Engel’s ideas on the development and structure of natural science had a crucial impact on the work of early twentieth-century natural philosophers, historians of science, and natural scientists. With a new afterword by the author.

Author : Stefano Gattei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134182954

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Karl Popper's Philosophy of Science by Stefano Gattei Pdf

Rectifying misrepresentations of Popperian thought with a historical approach to Popper’s philosophy, Gattei reconstructs the logic of Popper’s development to show how one problem and its tentative solution led to a new problem.

Author : Jeffrey Foss
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781551116242

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Science and the World by Jeffrey Foss Pdf

This new anthology includes both classic and contemporary readings on the methods and scope of science. Jeffrey Foss depicts science in a broadly humanistic context, contending that it is philosophically interesting because it has reshaped nearly all aspects of human culture—and in so doing has reshaped humanity as well. While providing a strong introduction to epistemological and metaphysical issues in science, this text goes beyond the traditional topics, enlarging the scope of philosophical engagement with science. Substantial introductions and critical questions are provided for each reading.

Author : William R. Schroeder
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119470883

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Continental Philosophy by William R. Schroeder Pdf

A lucid and wide-ranging introduction to the key figures and philosophical movements of the 19th and 20th century. Chronologically organized, the book includes chapters on Hegel, Marx and Western Marxism, Schopenhauer and Freud and Bergson, Nietzsche, hermeneutics and phenomenology.

Author : Maurice Mandelbaum
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781421431703

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Philosophy, Science, and Sense Perception by Maurice Mandelbaum Pdf

Originally published in 1964. In four essays, Professor Mandelbaum challenges some of the most common assumptions of contemporary epistemology. Through historical analyses and critical argument, he attempts to show that one cannot successfully sever the connections between philosophic and scientific accounts of sense perception. While each essay is independent of the others, and the argument of each must therefore be judged on its own merits, one theme is common to all: that critical realism, as Mandelbaum calls it, is a viable epistemological position, even though some schools of thought hold it in low esteem.

Author : Clifford Alan Hooker
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0887063152

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A Realistic Theory of Science by Clifford Alan Hooker Pdf

This book presents a clear and critical view of the orthodox logical empiricist tradition, pointing the way to significant developments for the understanding of science both as research and as culture. It summarizes the present confused and highly polarized status of the orthodox philosophy of science. It exhibits clearly the fundamental metaphysical and global presuppositions and confusions that have led to this status. It provides a positive point of view from which progress can be made toward understanding science as research done by real scientists rather than science as exemplifying some prior epistemological program created by philosophers. And it leads directly to an understanding of science as a dynamic force within our society with consequences for the environment and public policy.

Author : Max Horkheimer
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1972-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780826400833

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Critical Theory by Max Horkheimer Pdf

These essays, written in the 1930s and 1940s, represent a first selection in English from the major work of the founder of the famous Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt. Horkheimer's writings are essential to an understanding of the intellectual background of the New Left and the to much current social-philosophical thought, including the work of Herbert Marcuse. Apart from their historical significance and even from their scholarly eminence, these essays contain an immediate relevance only now becoming fully recognized.

Author : Richard T. G. Walsh,Thomas Teo,Angelina Baydala
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 729 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780521870764

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A Critical History and Philosophy of Psychology by Richard T. G. Walsh,Thomas Teo,Angelina Baydala Pdf

Presents a fresh perspective that explores the development of psychology as both a human and a natural science.

Author : Anna Alexandrova
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190677220

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A Philosophy for the Science of Well-Being by Anna Alexandrova Pdf

Well-being, happiness and quality of life are now established objects of social and medical research. Does this science produce knowledge that is properly about well-being? What sort of well-being? The definition and measurement of these objects rest on assumptions that are partly normative, partly empirical and partly pragmatic, producing a great diversity of definitions depending on the project and the discipline. This book, written from the perspective of philosophy of science, formulates principles for the responsible production and interpretation of this diverse knowledge. Traditionally, philosophers' goal has been a single concept of well-being and a single theory about what it consists in. But for science this goal is both unlikely and unnecessary. Instead the promise and authority of the science depends on it focusing on the well-being of specific kinds of people in specific contexts. Skeptical arguments notwithstanding, this contextual well-being can be measured in a valid and credible way - but only if scientists broaden their methods to make room for normative considerations and address publicly and inclusively the value-based conflicts that inevitably arise when a measure of well-being is adopted. The science of well-being can be normative, empirical and objective all at once, provided that we line up values to science and science to values.

Author : Yvonne Sherratt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005-10-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139448550

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Continental Philosophy of Social Science by Yvonne Sherratt Pdf

Continental Philosophy of Social Science demonstrates the unique and autonomous nature of the continental approach to social science and contrasts it with the Anglo-American tradition. Yvonne Sherratt argues for the importance of an historical understanding of the Continental tradition in order to appreciate its individual, humanist character. Examining the key traditions of hermeneutic, genealogy, and critical theory, and the texts of major thinkers such as Gadamer, Ricoeur, Derrida, Nietzsche, Foucault, the Early Frankfurt School and Habermas, she also contextualizes contemporary developments within strands of thought stemming back to Ancient Greece and Rome. Sherratt shows how these modes of thinking developed through medieval Christian thought into the Enlightenment and Romantic eras, before becoming mainstays of twentieth-century disciplines. Continental Philosophy of Social Science will serve as the essential textbook for courses in philosophy or social sciences.

Author : J. Agassi,Robert S. Cohen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400984622

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Scientific Philosophy Today by J. Agassi,Robert S. Cohen Pdf

This volume is dedicated to Mario Bunge in honor of his sixtieth birthday. Mario Bunge is a philosopher of great repute, whose enormous output includes dozens of books in several languages, which will culminate with his Treatise on Basic Philosophy projected in seven volumes, four of which have already appeared [Reidel, I 974ff. ]. He is known for his works on research methods, the foundations of physics, biology, the social sciences, the diverse applications of mathematical methods and of systems analysis, and more. Bunge stands for exact philosophy, classical liberal social philosophy, rationalism and enlightenment. He is brave, even relentless, in his attacks on subjectivism, mentalism, and spiritualism, as well as on positivism, mechanism, and dialectics. He believes in logic and clarity, in science and open-mindedness - not as the philosopher's equivalent to the poli tician's rhetoric of motherhood and apple pie, but as a matter of everyday practice, as qualities to cultivate daily in our pursuit of the life worth living. Bunge's philosophy often has the quality of Columbus's egg, and he is prone to come to swift and decisive conclusions on the basis of argu ments which seem to him valid; he will not be perturbed by the fact that most of the advanced thinkers in the field hold different views.

Author : John R. Wettersten
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004456914

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The Roots of Critical Rationalism by John R. Wettersten Pdf