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The Metaphysics Of Science
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Author : Craig Dilworth
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-04-17
The Metaphysics Of Science written by Craig Dilworth and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-17 with Science categories.
The roots of this work lie in my earlier book, Scientific Progress, which first appeared in 1981. One of its topics, the distinction between scientific laws and theories, is there treated with reference to the same distinction as drawn by N. R. Campbell in his Physics: The Elements. Shortly after completing Scientific Progress, I read Rom Harre's The Principles of Scientific Thinking, in which the concept of theory is even more clearly delineated than in Campbell, being directly con nected to the notion of a model - as it was in my book. In subsequent considerations regarding science, Harre's work thus became my main source of inspiration with regard to theories, while Campbell's re mained my main source with respect to empiricallaws. Around the same time I also read William Whewell's Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences. In this work, Whewell depicts principles as playing a central role in the formation of science, and conceives of them in much the same way as Kant conceives of fundamental syn thetic a priori judgements. The idea that science should have principles as a basic element immediately made sense to me, and from that time I have thought of science in terms of laws, theories and principles.
Metaphysics Of Science
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Author : Markus Schrenk
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-08-12
Metaphysics Of Science written by Markus Schrenk and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-12 with Philosophy categories.
Metaphysics and science have a long but troubled relationship. In the twentieth century the Logical Positivists argued metaphysics was irrelevant and that philosophy should be guided by science. However, metaphysics and science attempt to answer many of the same, fundamental questions: What are laws of nature? What is causation? What are natural kinds? In this book, Markus Schrenk examines and explains the central questions and problems in the metaphysics of science. He reviews the development of the field from the early modern period through to the latest research, systematically assessing key topics including: dispositions counterfactual conditionals laws of nature causation properties natural kinds essence necessity. With the addition of chapter summaries and annotated further reading, Metaphysics of Science is a much-needed, clear and informative survey of this exciting area of philosophical research. It is essential reading for students and scholars of philosophy of science and metaphysics.
Metaphysics And The Philosophy Of Science
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Author : Matthew Slater
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-02-01
Metaphysics And The Philosophy Of Science written by Matthew Slater 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 2017-02-01 with Philosophy categories.
The question of the proper role of metaphysics in philosophy of science is both significant and contentious. The last few decades have seen considerable engagement with philosophical projects aptly described as "the metaphysics of science:" inquiries into natural laws and properties, natural kinds, causal relations, and dispositions. At the same time, many metaphysicians have begun moving in the direction of more scientifically-informed ("scientistic" or "naturalistic") metaphysics. And yet many philosophers of science retain a deep suspicion about the significance of metaphysical investigations into science. This volume of new essays explores a broadly methodological question: what role should metaphysics play in our philosophizing about science? These new essays, written by leading philosophers of science, address this question both through ground-level investigations of particular issues in the metaphysics of science and by more general methodological inquiry.
The Metaphysics Of Science And Aim Oriented Empiricism
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Author : Nicholas Maxwell
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-03-19
The Metaphysics Of Science And Aim Oriented Empiricism written by Nicholas Maxwell and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-19 with Science categories.
This book gives an account of work that I have done over a period of decades that sets out to solve two fundamental problems of philosophy: the mind-body problem and the problem of induction. Remarkably, these revolutionary contributions to philosophy turn out to have dramatic implications for a wide range of issues outside philosophy itself, most notably for the capacity of humanity to resolve current grave global problems and make progress towards a better, wiser world. A key element of the proposed solution to the first problem is that physics is about only a highly specialized aspect of all that there is – the causally efficacious aspect. Once this is understood, it ceases to be a mystery that natural science says nothing about the experiential aspect of reality, the colours we perceive, the inner experiences we are aware of. That natural science is silent about the experiential aspect of reality is no reason whatsoever to hold that the experiential does not objectively exist. A key element of the proposed solution to the second problem is that physics, in persistently accepting unified theories only, thereby makes a substantial metaphysical assumption about the universe: it is such that a unified pattern of physical law runs through all phenomena. We need a new conception, and kind, of physics that acknowledges, and actively seeks to improve, metaphysical presuppositions inherent in the methods of physics. The problematic aims and methods of physics need to be improved as physics proceeds. These are the ideas that have fruitful implications, I set out to show, for a wide range of issues: for philosophy itself, for physics, for natural science more generally, for the social sciences, for education, for the academic enterprise as a whole and, most important of all, for the capacity of humanity to learn how to solve the grave global problems that menace our future, and thus make progress to a better, wiser world. It is not just science that has problematic aims; in life too our aims, whether personal, social or institutional, are all too often profoundly problematic, and in urgent need of improvement. We need a new kind of academic enterprise which helps humanity put aims-and-methods improving meta-methods into practice in personal and social life, so that we may come to do better at achieving what is of value in life, and make progress towards a saner, wiser world. This body of work of mine has met with critical acclaim. Despite that, astonishingly, it has been ignored by mainstream philosophy. In the book I discuss the recent work of over 100 philosophers on the mind-body problem and the metaphysics of science, and show that my earlier, highly relevant work on these issues is universally ignored, the quality of subsequent work suffering as a result. My hope, in publishing this book, is that my fellow philosophers will come to appreciate the intellectual value of my proposed solutions to the mind-body problem and the problem of induction, and will, as a result, join with me in attempting to convince our fellow academics that we need to bring about an intellectual/institutional revolution in academic inquiry so that it takes up its proper task of helping humanity learn how to solve problems of living, including global problems, and make progress towards as good, as wise and enlightened a world as possible.
The Philosophy Of Science A M
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Author : Sahotra Sarkar
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2006
The Philosophy Of Science A M written by Sahotra Sarkar and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Science categories.
The first in-depth reference to the field that combines scientific knowledge with philosophical inquiry, this encyclopedia brings together a team of leading scholars to provide nearly 150 entries on the essential concepts in the philosophy of science. The areas covered include biology, chemistry, epistemology and metaphysics, physics, psychology and mind, the social sciences, and key figures in the combined studies of science and philosophy. (Midwest).
Philosophy Of Science
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Author : Edward J. Hall
language : en
Publisher: Blackwell Pub
Release Date : 2009
Philosophy Of Science written by Edward J. Hall and has been published by Blackwell Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Philosophy categories.
With authoritative and original insights, Philosophy of Science: The Fundamentals explores some of the fundamental questions relating to metaphysics and the philosophy of science. Integrates metaphysics with the philosophy of science Provides a unique philosophical viewpoint Areas covered include classical particle mechanics, scientific physical modalities and the laws of nature, the scientific and manifest images, scientific explanations, and the nature of time Offers an accessible introduction to a challenging topic
The Tools Of Metaphysics And The Metaphysics Of Science
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Author : Theodore Sider
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020
The Tools Of Metaphysics And The Metaphysics Of Science written by Theodore Sider and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Metaphysics categories.
Metaphysics has shifted ground, moving away from necessity and possibility as the lens through which we look at things. Ted Sider shapes the agenda for the subject by exploring how this shift transforms the project of understanding the objects, properties, and quantities of the universe, and the relations between them, in terms of structures.
Metaphysics And Science
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Author : Stephen Mumford
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-06-27
Metaphysics And Science written by Stephen Mumford 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 2013-06-27 with Philosophy categories.
This collection brings together the latest new work within an emerging philosophical discipline: the metaphysics of science. A new definition of this line of philosophical enquiry is developed, and leading academics offer original essays on four key topics at the heart of the subject—laws, causation, natural kinds, and emergence.
Set Scientific Progress 4th Ed The Metaphysics Of Science 2nd Ed
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Author : Craig Dilworth
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-02-02
Set Scientific Progress 4th Ed The Metaphysics Of Science 2nd Ed written by Craig Dilworth and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-02 with Philosophy categories.
Now, for the first time, Dilworth's complete philosophy of science in paperback Dilworth's complete philosophy of science, including his Perspectivist conception and his metaphysics of science, now available at a reduced price! Dilworth is arguably the most original of today's philosophers of science. In "Scientific Progress" he develops the Perspectivist conception of science, in which the incommensurability claims of Thomas Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend are met without resorting to relativism. In "The Metaphysics of Science" a completely new metaphysical approach to science is provided that avoids the pitfalls of Kant's treatment.
Dispositionalism And The Metaphysics Of Science
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Author : Travis Dumsday
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-24
Dispositionalism And The Metaphysics Of Science written by Travis Dumsday 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 2019-01-24 with History categories.
Establishes new connections between dispositionalism and a variety of debates in contemporary analytic metaphysics and philosophy of science.