Common Sense Science And Scepticism

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Common Sense Science And Scepticism

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Author : Alan Musgrave
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1993-02-11

Common Sense Science And Scepticism written by Alan Musgrave and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-02-11 with Philosophy categories.

Can we know anything for certain? Dogmatists think we can, sceptics think we cannot, and epistemology is the great debate between them. Some dogmatists seek certainty in the deliverances of the senses. Sceptics object that the senses are not an adequate basis for certain knowledge. Other dogmatists seek certainty in the deliverances of pure reason. Sceptics object that rational self-evidence is no guarantee of truth. This book is an introductory and historically-based survey of the debate, siding for the most part with scepticism to show that the desire to vanquish it has often led to doctrines of idealism or anti-realism. Scepticism, science and common sense produce another view, fallibilism or critical rationalism: although we can have little or no certain knowledge, as the sceptics maintain, we can and do have plenty of conjectural knowledge. Fallibilism incorporates an uncompromising realism about perception, science, and the nature of truth.

Common Sense Science And Scepticism

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Author : Alan Musgrave
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

Common Sense Science And Scepticism written by Alan Musgrave and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with categories.

Philosophy In An Age Of Science

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Author : Hilary Putnam
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2012-04-17

Philosophy In An Age Of Science written by Hilary Putnam and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-17 with Philosophy categories.

Hilary Putnam's unceasing self-criticism has led to the frequent changes of mind he is famous for, but his thinking is also marked by considerable continuity. A simultaneous interest in science and ethicsÑunusual in the current climate of contentionÑhas long characterized his thought. In Philosophy in an Age of Science, Putnam collects his papers for publicationÑhis first volume in almost two decades. Mario De Caro and David Macarthur's introduction identifies central themes to help the reader negotiate between Putnam past and Putnam present: his critique of logical positivism; his enduring aspiration to be realist about rational normativity; his anti-essentialism about a range of central philosophical notions; his reconciliation of the scientific worldview and the humanistic tradition; and his movement from reductive scientific naturalism to liberal naturalism. Putnam returns here to some of his first enthusiasms in philosophy, such as logic, mathematics, and quantum mechanics. The reader is given a glimpse, too, of ideas currently in development on the subject of perception. Putnam's work, contributing to a broad range of philosophical inquiry, has been said to represent a Òhistory of recent philosophy in outline.Ó Here it also delineates a possible future.

The Rediscovery Of Common Sense Philosophy

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Author : S. Boulter
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2007-06-27

The Rediscovery Of Common Sense Philosophy written by S. Boulter and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-27 with Philosophy categories.

This book is a defence of the philosophy of common sense in the spirit of Thomas Reid and G.E. Moore, drawing on the work of Aristotle, evolutionary biology and psychology, and historical studies on the origins of early modern philosophy. It defines and explores common sense beliefs, and defends them from challenges from prominent philosophers.

The Cambridge Companion To Common Sense Philosophy

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Author : Rik Peels
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-11-19

The Cambridge Companion To Common Sense Philosophy written by Rik Peels and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-19 with Philosophy categories.

A comprehensive exploration of the historical development and philosophical importance of common-sense philosophy.

Uncommon Sense

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Author : Alan Cromer
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1995-08-24

Uncommon Sense written by Alan Cromer and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-08-24 with Science categories.

Most people believe that science arose as a natural end-product of our innate intelligence and curiosity, as an inevitable stage in human intellectual development. But physicist and educator Alan Cromer disputes this belief. Cromer argues that science is not the natural unfolding of human potential, but the invention of a particular culture, Greece, in a particular historical period. Indeed, far from being natural, scientific thinking goes so far against the grain of conventional human thought that if it hadn't been discovered in Greece, it might not have been discovered at all. In Uncommon Sense, Alan Cromer develops the argument that science represents a radically new and different way of thinking. Using Piaget's stages of intellectual development, he shows that conventional thinking remains mired in subjective, "egocentric" ways of looking at the world--most people even today still believe in astrology, ESP, UFOs, ghosts and other paranormal phenomena--a mode of thought that science has outgrown. He provides a fascinating explanation of why science began in Greece, contrasting the Greek practice of debate to the Judaic reliance on prophets for acquiring knowledge. Other factors, such as a maritime economy and wandering scholars (both of which prevented parochialism) and an essentially literary religion not dominated by priests, also promoted in Greece an objective, analytical way of thinking not found elsewhere in the ancient world. He examines India and China and explains why science could not develop in either country. In China, for instance, astronomy served only the state, and the private study of astronomy was forbidden. Cromer also provides a perceptive account of science in Renaissance Europe and of figures such as Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton. Along the way, Cromer touches on many intriguing topics, arguing, for instance, that much of science is essential complete; there are no new elements yet to be discovered. He debunks the vaunted SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project, which costs taxpayers millions each year, showing that physical limits--such as the melting point of metal--put an absolute limit on the speed of space travel, making trips to even the nearest star all but impossible. Finally, Cromer discusses the deplorable state of science education in America and suggests several provocative innovations to improve high school education, including a radical proposal to give all students an intensive eighth and ninth year program, eliminating the last two years of high school. Uncommon Sense is an illuminating look at science, filled with provocative observations. Whether challenging Thomas Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions, or extolling the virtues of Euclid's Elements, Alan Cromer is always insightful, outspoken, and refreshingly original.

Common Sense

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Author : Marion Ledwig
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2007

Common Sense written by Marion Ledwig and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Philosophy categories.

This book stands in the tradition of past and current common sense philosophers, like Reid, Berkeley, Sidgwick, Moore, Conant, Slote, Bogdan, and Lemos, who defend common sense, yet it goes beyond their accounts by not only defending common sense but also considering what common sense means. Besides giving a historical exegesis of common sense in Thomas Reid and showing parallels in Austin, Searle, Moore, and Wittgenstein, common sense is also discovered in Hume's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals and in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. It is made clear how far common sense generalizes, whether proverbs are a form of common sense, and whether common sense can be found in the common knowledge assumption in game theory. Also, folk psychology as a common sense psychology is discussed. In its account of common sense, this book draws on research from history of philosophy, philosophy of mind, and science, linguistics, and game theory to substantiate its position.

A Sceptical Theory Of Scientific Inquiry Problems And Their Progress

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Author : Laurence Barry Briskman
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-06-02

A Sceptical Theory Of Scientific Inquiry Problems And Their Progress written by Laurence Barry Briskman and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-02 with Philosophy categories.

A Sceptical Theory of Scientific Inquiry: Problems and Their Progress presents a distinctive re-interpretation of Popper’s ‘critical rationalism’, displaying the kind of spirit found at the L.S.E. before Popper’s retirement. It offers an alternative to interpretations of critical rationalism which have emphasised the significance of research programmes or metaphysics (Lakatos; Nicholas Maxwell), and is closer to the approach of Jagdish Hattiangadi. Briskman gives priority to methodological argument rather than logical formalisms, and takes further his own work on creativity. In addition to offering an important contribution to the understanding of critical rationalism, the book contains interesting engagements with Michael Polanyi and the Meno Paradox. This volume also contains an introduction by the editor, which situates Briskman’s work in the history of the interpretation of ‘critical rationalism’.

Rule Following Skepticism In Contemporary Epistemology

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Author : Gopal Sahu
language : en
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Release Date : 2017-01-01

Rule Following Skepticism In Contemporary Epistemology written by Gopal Sahu and has been published by Concept Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with Philosophy categories.

The book explains the much talked about rule-following skepticism and its attempted solutions in the contemporary epistemology. Kripke’s rule-following skeptic, by demonstrating the possibility of multiple interpretations of a given rule, poses serious problem for rule-governed behaviours and objectivity and necessity of knowledge. Kripke’s skepticism is equally applicable to Goodman’s new riddle of induction and Quine’s indeterminacies. After a critical discussion of different suggested solutions the book aims to provide a straight-solution to the problem from a Wittgensteinian perspective. It argues that the necessity and objectivity of knowledge can be recognized by noting the universal aspect of rules. The normativity of the linguistic rules is provided in the form of human commitment to rules and their following. One and the same sentence can be shown to be true, empirically, analytically and metaphysically in the language. Thus, it provides the highest order of necessity, which includes metaphysical, scientific and the logical. The book will benefit the philosophers and social scientists in theoretical understanding of issues related to rule and its following, framing policies and guidelines.

Common Sense

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Author : Nicholas Rescher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Common Sense written by Nicholas Rescher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Philosophy categories.