Del 8 - European Studies in Philosophy of Science

Pragmatic Idealism and Scientific Prediction

A Philosophical System and Its Approach to Prediction in Science

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvAmanda Guillán,Amanda Guillan

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This monograph analyzes Nicholas Rescher’s system of pragmatic idealism. and III) From Reality to Values: Ontological Features, Axiological Elements, and Ethical Aspects of Scientific Prediction. This insightful analysis offers a critical reconstruction of Rescher’s philosophy.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-05-18
Mått155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt528 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEuropean Studies in Philosophy of Science
Antal sidor336
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319874616

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Amanda Guillán is a member of the research group of “The Philosophy and Methodology of the Sciences of the Artificial” at the University of A Coruña. She has been a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Pittsburgh for several months in the years 2014 and 2015, where she worked with Nicholas Rescher. Her main research interests lie in the philosophy and methodology of science; especially, in issues related to scientific prediction as well as prescription in applied sciences, mainly focused on the sciences of design.

Part I: General Coordinates, Semantic Features and Logical Components of Scientific Prediction.- Chapter 1. Scientific Prediction in a System of Pragmatic Idealism.- Chapter 2. Analysis of Scientific Prediction from Language.- Chapter 3. Logical Features of Scientific Prediction.- Part II. Logical Features of Scientific Prediction.- Chapter 4. Epistemological Factors of Scientific Prediction.- Chapter 5. Epistemological Factors of Scientific Prediction.- Chapter 6. Methods of Prediction and their Scientific Import.- Part III: From Reality to Values: Ontological Features, Axiological Elements, and Ethical Aspects of Scientific Prediction.- Chapter 7. Ontology of Scientific Prediction.- Chapter 8. Axiological Elements of Scientific Prediction.- Chapter 9. Analysis of Prediction from the Ethics of Scientific Research.