Science, Reality, & Language (SUNY Series in Philo - Couverture souple

Marsonet, Michele

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791424766 ISBN 13 : 9780791424766

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1995

Synopsis

Science, Reality, and Language criticizes the anti-realist stance currently flourishing in philosophy of science and shows that many contemporary philosophers of science, although they define themselves empiricists, have evolved into "linguistic idealists". After emphasizing that most practicing scientists find the linguistically oriented philosophy of science useless, the author concludes is that a naturalistic philosophy of science is needed in which language is no longer taken to be the whole of reality, but just a human product created for practical and social purposes.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Michele Marsonet is Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy at the University of Genoa, Italy.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Science, Reality, and Language criticizes the anti-realist stance currently flourishing in philosophy of science and shows that many contemporary philosopher of science, although they define themselves empiricists, have evolved into "linguistic idealists." After emphasizing that mort practicing scientists find the linguistically oriented philosophy of science useless, the author concludes that a naturalistic philosophy of science is needed in which language is no longer taken to be the whole of reality, but just a human product created for practical and social purposes.

"This book is refreshingly honest, clear, and persuasive. It promises to transform the terms of the current debate between realism and antirealism, and to reestablish Nome form of naturalism and, in the process, Nome form of sanity to the current practice of philosophy of science. It represents a welcome and much discussed addition to the growing body of literature documenting the onset of a dramatic reaction against the excesses of anti-realism and the linguistic turn on the part of mainstream analytic philosopher of science."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791424766
• ISBN 13: 9780791424766
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 190
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible