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Description In this book van Fraassen develops an alternative to scientific realism by constructing and evaluating three mutually reinforcing theories. Product details Format Paperback pages Dimensions x x 18mm People who bought this also bought. Scientific Representation Bas C. Laws and Symmetry Bas C.
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Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science. The Aim of 'The Scientific Image' is to develop an empiricist alternative to both logical positivism and scientific realism. Bas van Fraassen rejects the current trend in philosophy of science toward scientific. The Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy brings together books, . Sellars's, who contrasts the scientific image of the world with the manifest image, the.
Bas van Fraassen rejects the current trend in philosophy of science toward scientific realism. In this book, he advocates something he calls constructive empiricism as an alternative; his constructive empiricism has a neo-positivist feel to it, but the development of his own position is not the most interesting aspect of this book.
His criticisms of scientific realism, which really form the heart of the work, are extremely detailed, forceful, and interesting; they present a challenge which, after a decade and a half, scientific realists have yet to meet. In this book, van Fraassen put forth a 'constructive empiricist' anti-realist account of science.
The book contains many metaphors and even a short story. Yet it is often unclear whether he is prescribing norms for scientists, and merely describing their practice. This may result from his counterfactual account, which strangely seems to warrant belief in propositions containing terms allegedly referring to unobservables that have nevertheless not been observed.
At best, the account makes perfect agnosticism preferable to belief-formation with respect to propositions containing unobservable terms, where such prescriptions are justified on the basis of something other than facts. The book represents what positivist philosophy might have become in the absence of thinkers who were more sensitive to the subtleties between the philosophy of language and ontology.
This is a must read for anyone wishing to sincerely engage in philosophy of science.
It should change the way you think about science, but it does not deny anything essential to science. Just so you know, Van Fraassen is a Catholic, so he does seem to believe in unobservable entities, though he denies that empirical science as it is commonly understood can tell us anything about them directly. See all 6 reviews. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers.
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Scientific Realism Stathis Psillos. Get effective tools in your arsenal to beat procrastination, get more done and claim your life back! Please verify that you are not a robot. Product details Format Paperback pages Dimensions x x 18mm And he does wax poetic in the last c While it wasn't exactly well-written I felt that the brilliant Bas Van Fraassen could be more concise , he makes such incredible points that it doesn't matter.
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