Images of Empiricism

Essays on Science and Stances, with a Reply from Bas C. van Fraassen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

AvBradley Monton,Bradley (University of Colorado at Boulder) Monton

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Thirteen specially written essays discuss topics from the work of Bas C. van Fraassen, one of the most important contemporary philosophers of science. The central and unifying theme of the volume is empiricism, an approach which van Fraassen developed most fully in The Scientific Image and The Empirical Stance. Thirteen of the world's leading experts in the field examine van Fraassen's defence of scientific anti-realism (which he sees as a core tenet of empiricism), as well as his claim that adopting a philosophical position like empiricism does not consist in holding a particular set of beliefs, but is rather a matter of taking a stance. Images of Empiricism concludes with an extensive and intriguing reply by van Fraassen, in which he develops and corrects his old views, and offers new insights into the nature of science, empiricism, and philosophy itself.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-10-04
Mått160 x 242 x 25 mm
Vikt763 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieMind Association Occasional Series
Antal sidor400
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780199218844

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Introduction ; PART I: THE SCIENTIFIC IMAGE ; 1. Constructive Empiricism and the Argument from Underdetermination ; 2. Why be Hanged for Even a Lamb ; 3. The Epistemology of Constructive Empiricism ; 4. Underdetermination and Evidence ; 5. An Empiricist Critique of Constructive Empiricism: The Aim of Science ; 6. Accepting Contradictions ; 7. Putting a Bridle on Irrationality: An Appraisal of van Fraassen's New Epistemology ; PART II: THE EMPIRICAL STANCE ; 8. Taking an Empirical Stance ; 9. Six Degrees of Speculation: Metaphysics in Empirical Contexts ; 10. The Dilemma of Empiricist Belief ; 11. Materialism, Stances, and Open-Mindedness ; 12. Can a Philosophical Position Consist in a Stance? or, How to be an Empiricist and a Philosopher at the Same Time ; 13. Farewell to Empiricism ; PART III: VAN FRAASSEN'S REPLY ; 14. From A View Of Science To A New Empiricism

...What struck me in general [...] and what certainly attests to the richness and complexity of van Fraassen's philosophy of science, is that after thirty years of intense and detailed debate about virtually every major theme of The Scientific Image, philosophers are still able to come up with new observations about, objections to, and new defenses to earlier objections to, the position presented in that book...

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