Constructive empiricism[electronic r...
Dicken, Paul, (1980-)

 

  • Constructive empiricism[electronic resource] :epistemology and the philosophy of science /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 146/.44
    書名/作者: Constructive empiricism : epistemology and the philosophy of science // Paul Dicken.
    作者: Dicken, Paul,
    出版者: New York : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2010.
    面頁冊數: p.
    標題: Empiricism.
    標題: Knowledge, Theory of.
    標題: Science - Philosophy.
    ISBN: 9780230281820
    ISBN: 0230281826
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references.
    內容註: Arguments Concerning Constructive Empiricism -- Epistemic Voluntarism: Rationality, Inferenceand Empiricism -- Against Epistemic Voluntarism: Musgrave, Modality and Mathematics -- On the Natureand Norms of Acceptance and Belief -- Conclusion: What is this Thing Called 'Constructive Empiricism'?.
    摘要、提要註: Should scientists believe everything they say? Or would a more cautious attitude be preferable? On the one hand, the undisputed success of our contemporary scientific theories gives us good reasons to suppose that they are largely true; yet on the other hand, the undisputed failure of our past scientific theories give us cause for anxiety. Constructive empiricism - a view first formulated by the iconoclastic philosopherBas van Fraassen - offers an answer to this question: scientists should believe what they say, insofar as they are talking about the observable phenomena. But constructive empiricism is not just a view regarding the aim of science; it is also a view regarding the epistemological framework in which such a debate is to be conducted. It is this meta-philosophical issue that is the focus of this book - not with scientific truth, but with how one should argue about scientific truth.
    電子資源: access to fulltext (Palgrave)
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