Where Theory and Practice Meet: Pragmatist Feminism as a Means
... largely irrelevant to the project of increasing the objectivity and/or empirical adequacy of any given scientific project. This is a problem. Why include feminist values? Why not include sexist values? ...
... largely irrelevant to the project of increasing the objectivity and/or empirical adequacy of any given scientific project. This is a problem. Why include feminist values? Why not include sexist values? ...
My Summary of The Articel
... and the practice of science as sources of information about the nature of rationality. More recent work in philosophy of science has emphasized the role of substantive belief in scientific reasoning and method. Scientific reasoning is generated not only by formal logic but also by substantive belief ...
... and the practice of science as sources of information about the nature of rationality. More recent work in philosophy of science has emphasized the role of substantive belief in scientific reasoning and method. Scientific reasoning is generated not only by formal logic but also by substantive belief ...
Philosophy 35
... and Leyden. Descartes later claimed that his formal education provided little of substance, and that only mathematics provided any real knowledge. Descartes published his major philosophical work, "A Discourse on Method, Meditations on First Philosophy" in 1641, the year before Galileo died and Isaa ...
... and Leyden. Descartes later claimed that his formal education provided little of substance, and that only mathematics provided any real knowledge. Descartes published his major philosophical work, "A Discourse on Method, Meditations on First Philosophy" in 1641, the year before Galileo died and Isaa ...
Scientific Progress in Terms of Descriptive Imaginary Evolution
... because each step on its path is always an incomplete one. At the same time, the fact that representational and descriptive strategies of science are changing, from a historical period of time to another, poses obvious difficulties for a realist. Nevertheless, for a realist, the variety of scientifi ...
... because each step on its path is always an incomplete one. At the same time, the fact that representational and descriptive strategies of science are changing, from a historical period of time to another, poses obvious difficulties for a realist. Nevertheless, for a realist, the variety of scientifi ...
connectedness
... Kumarajiva/Nagarjuna presents these four extreme views of reality in a scheme that is called in Sanskrit: ‘catuskoti’, the equivalent of the Ancient Greek ‘tetralemma’, as follows: things have no substance: 1. neither out of themselves, 2. nor out of something else, 3. nor out of both, 4. nor withou ...
... Kumarajiva/Nagarjuna presents these four extreme views of reality in a scheme that is called in Sanskrit: ‘catuskoti’, the equivalent of the Ancient Greek ‘tetralemma’, as follows: things have no substance: 1. neither out of themselves, 2. nor out of something else, 3. nor out of both, 4. nor withou ...
the scottish enlightenment, unintended consequences and the
... is based on our opinion of their legitimacy grounded, in the final analysis, in an appreciation of their utility. Note here that we require two things to make this sort of judgement: first, accurate historical evidence of the development of these institutions and, second, some plausible account of t ...
... is based on our opinion of their legitimacy grounded, in the final analysis, in an appreciation of their utility. Note here that we require two things to make this sort of judgement: first, accurate historical evidence of the development of these institutions and, second, some plausible account of t ...
The Netz-Works of Greek Deductions - A Review of - Hal-SHS
... imagination. No matter how excellent the other studies of mathematical practices at later periods have been, they have always relied (like their subject matter) on an already rich repertoire of techniques and literary genres some of which could be traced all the way to the Greek. This means that the ...
... imagination. No matter how excellent the other studies of mathematical practices at later periods have been, they have always relied (like their subject matter) on an already rich repertoire of techniques and literary genres some of which could be traced all the way to the Greek. This means that the ...
1. The Opening Sentence
... alludes to the reader who ‘thinks for himself’ as his target audience. Kant shares this attitude of ‘epistemic individualism’ with Locke and Descartes. The Message. So, the Prolegomena are for those who are willing seriously to engage with an issue that in effect undermines the traditional philosoph ...
... alludes to the reader who ‘thinks for himself’ as his target audience. Kant shares this attitude of ‘epistemic individualism’ with Locke and Descartes. The Message. So, the Prolegomena are for those who are willing seriously to engage with an issue that in effect undermines the traditional philosoph ...
- Philsci
... be, is a being with aims, whether acknowledged or suppressed. There is a basic desire or aim, A: to love his mother. There is a secondary, highly problematic, suppressed aim, B: to kill his father. There is a third, declared, but somewhat unreal aim, C: to love, to care for, his father. The son supp ...
... be, is a being with aims, whether acknowledged or suppressed. There is a basic desire or aim, A: to love his mother. There is a secondary, highly problematic, suppressed aim, B: to kill his father. There is a third, declared, but somewhat unreal aim, C: to love, to care for, his father. The son supp ...
MEDIAEVAL THOUGHT-EXPERIMENTS: The Metamethodology of
... or astrology, was recognized as a science (as scientia) at the time.3 Henceforth when I speak of “mediæval science” my meaning is properly restricted to fourteenth-century physics, unless noted otherwise. In particular, I will argue for five theses: (i ) the achievements of mediæval science, even th ...
... or astrology, was recognized as a science (as scientia) at the time.3 Henceforth when I speak of “mediæval science” my meaning is properly restricted to fourteenth-century physics, unless noted otherwise. In particular, I will argue for five theses: (i ) the achievements of mediæval science, even th ...
Philosophy as Quest - Oregon State University
... it. Philosophy is not usually viewed as a practical concern, but our philosophical ideas do influence how we experience the world and how to react to it. For instance, a person who deeply believes that human nature is primarily motivated by self-interest will respond to events in a different way fro ...
... it. Philosophy is not usually viewed as a practical concern, but our philosophical ideas do influence how we experience the world and how to react to it. For instance, a person who deeply believes that human nature is primarily motivated by self-interest will respond to events in a different way fro ...
Is Science Neurotic?
... son, whatever else he may be, is a being with aims, whether acknowledged or suppressed. There is a basic desire or aim, A: to love his mother. There is a secondary, highly problematic, suppressed aim, B: to kill his father. There is a third, declared, but somewhat unreal aim, C: to love, to care for ...
... son, whatever else he may be, is a being with aims, whether acknowledged or suppressed. There is a basic desire or aim, A: to love his mother. There is a secondary, highly problematic, suppressed aim, B: to kill his father. There is a third, declared, but somewhat unreal aim, C: to love, to care for ...
On the Possibility of Feminist Philosophy of Physics
... So, there are two questions for the standard interpretation: (1) what constitutes a measurement? And (2) what is the metaphysical status of the wave function? The first question is important because it seems now that the Schrödinger equation does not tell us how the wave function changes all the time ...
... So, there are two questions for the standard interpretation: (1) what constitutes a measurement? And (2) what is the metaphysical status of the wave function? The first question is important because it seems now that the Schrödinger equation does not tell us how the wave function changes all the time ...
M METHO ODOL LOGY
... being collected, interpreted and presented to us by a historian. The facts are refracted through the mind of the historian. So, the role of the historian according to the social positioning is also important when we encounter the work of any historian. A historian writes history with an understandin ...
... being collected, interpreted and presented to us by a historian. The facts are refracted through the mind of the historian. So, the role of the historian according to the social positioning is also important when we encounter the work of any historian. A historian writes history with an understandin ...
Is African science true science?
... systematisation of African science. This systematisation is a rigorous consideration of the various transition that the methods of African science have continued to witness. Chimakonam enumerates five methods that capture African science beyond Akpan’s descriptive level, to the level of systematisat ...
... systematisation of African science. This systematisation is a rigorous consideration of the various transition that the methods of African science have continued to witness. Chimakonam enumerates five methods that capture African science beyond Akpan’s descriptive level, to the level of systematisat ...
naturalistic theory
... predecessors and have devised a more sophisticated strategy to compete head on with evolution. One of the main things they [intelligent design creationists] have learned is what not to say. A major element of their strategy is to advance a form of creation that not only omits any explicit mention of ...
... predecessors and have devised a more sophisticated strategy to compete head on with evolution. One of the main things they [intelligent design creationists] have learned is what not to say. A major element of their strategy is to advance a form of creation that not only omits any explicit mention of ...
Is there any such thing as social science evidence?
... ‘Reductionism’ here seems to mean the adoption of natural science concepts and/or methods on the grounds that natural science is the only provenly successful form of rigorous inquiry. The authors write that ‘to be committed to methodological or substantive reductionism is to be committed to a priori ...
... ‘Reductionism’ here seems to mean the adoption of natural science concepts and/or methods on the grounds that natural science is the only provenly successful form of rigorous inquiry. The authors write that ‘to be committed to methodological or substantive reductionism is to be committed to a priori ...
Virtuism: Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Virtue
... objective meaning in the world that is deciphered by logic. I don't look at this from a Pollyanna perspective of the religionist: many sophisticated thinkers in the last hundred years held a similar view as I do (just look at the work of Sorokin). It is only those who are half-educated about the mea ...
... objective meaning in the world that is deciphered by logic. I don't look at this from a Pollyanna perspective of the religionist: many sophisticated thinkers in the last hundred years held a similar view as I do (just look at the work of Sorokin). It is only those who are half-educated about the mea ...
Rosen Lutskanov
... some final state. This is what Popper meant, when he said that “the game of science is without end” (Popper 1959: 53-4). This means that the axiomatic reconstrucion of some (deductive or empirical) theory in general does not provide its final codification, but is what makes its gradual change possib ...
... some final state. This is what Popper meant, when he said that “the game of science is without end” (Popper 1959: 53-4). This means that the axiomatic reconstrucion of some (deductive or empirical) theory in general does not provide its final codification, but is what makes its gradual change possib ...
- Philsci
... One measure of a philosophical book's importance is personal: did it change your mind about anything? In Clark measure, Alberto Coffa's The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap is an important book. "The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap" might more accurately have been titled "Views of Some ...
... One measure of a philosophical book's importance is personal: did it change your mind about anything? In Clark measure, Alberto Coffa's The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap is an important book. "The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap" might more accurately have been titled "Views of Some ...
contents
... Milesian philosophical school (Miletus was a large trade, shipping and cultural center). These thinkers were outstanding scientists of their time. The development of ancient society dictated the need for gaining better knowledge of the world, since the religious mythology prevailing at the time gave ...
... Milesian philosophical school (Miletus was a large trade, shipping and cultural center). These thinkers were outstanding scientists of their time. The development of ancient society dictated the need for gaining better knowledge of the world, since the religious mythology prevailing at the time gave ...
Popper`s Paradoxical Pursuit of Natural Philosophy - Philsci
... were the first to struggle with central problems of natural philosophy in something like their modern form. Their ideas, most notably the idea that there is an underlying unity or invariance in nature, the idea of symmetry, and the idea that nature is made up of atoms in motion in the void, have ha ...
... were the first to struggle with central problems of natural philosophy in something like their modern form. Their ideas, most notably the idea that there is an underlying unity or invariance in nature, the idea of symmetry, and the idea that nature is made up of atoms in motion in the void, have ha ...
Teaching Across the Curriculum and General Systems Theory
... all; but he heard Buckminster Fuller speak and became deeply interested in the philosophical implications of modern knowledge of the natural world, delving into The Tao of Physics and other such integrative studies. In his writing about the physical universe, Fuller uses analogies and creates new wo ...
... all; but he heard Buckminster Fuller speak and became deeply interested in the philosophical implications of modern knowledge of the natural world, delving into The Tao of Physics and other such integrative studies. In his writing about the physical universe, Fuller uses analogies and creates new wo ...
Scientific Representation and Empiricist Structuralism: Essay
... There is considerable continuity here with van Fraassen’s well established views. From individual appearances, “observations” or “data” in earlier terms, one constructs models of data, and also more refined “surface models” which are elaborations of and extrapolations from data models. (166-72) Thes ...
... There is considerable continuity here with van Fraassen’s well established views. From individual appearances, “observations” or “data” in earlier terms, one constructs models of data, and also more refined “surface models” which are elaborations of and extrapolations from data models. (166-72) Thes ...
scientific imperialism and behaviorist
... Wilson argues that science can indeed solve all problems, including ethical ones. He writes, “If the empiricist world view is correct, ought is just shorthand for one kind of factual statement. . .” (Wilson, 1998, p. 251).2 Wilson was preceded in this view by behaviorist B.F. Skinner. As I have poin ...
... Wilson argues that science can indeed solve all problems, including ethical ones. He writes, “If the empiricist world view is correct, ought is just shorthand for one kind of factual statement. . .” (Wilson, 1998, p. 251).2 Wilson was preceded in this view by behaviorist B.F. Skinner. As I have poin ...
Philosophy of science
Philosophy of science is a branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. The central questions of this study concern what qualifies as science, the reliability of scientific theories, and the ultimate purpose of science. This discipline overlaps with metaphysics, ontology, and epistemology, for example, when it explores the relationship between science and truth.There is no consensus among philosophers about many of the central problems concerned with the philosophy of science, including whether science can reveal the truth about unobservable things and whether scientific reasoning can be justified at all. In addition to these general questions about science as a whole, philosophers of science consider problems that apply to particular sciences (such as biology or physics). Some philosophers of science also use contemporary results in science to reach conclusions about philosophy itself.While relevant philosophical thought dates back at least to the time of Aristotle, philosophy of science emerged as a distinct discipline only in the middle of the 20th century in the wake of the logical positivism movement, which aimed to formulate criteria for ensuring all philosophical statements' meaningfulness and objectively assessing them. Thomas Kuhn's book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) brought into the mainstream the word ""paradigm"", meaning the set of concepts that define a scientific discipline in a particular period. In his book, Kuhn challenged the established view of ""scientific progress as a gradual, cumulative acquisition of knowledge based on rationally chosen experimental frameworks"".In the 21st century, someTemplate:Which? thinkers seek to ground science in axiomatic assumptions, such as the uniformity of nature. Many philosophers of science, however, take a coherentist approach to science, in which a theory is validated if it makes sense of observations as part of a coherent whole. Still others, and Paul Feyerabend (1924-1994) in particular, argue that there is no such thing as the ""scientific method"", so all approaches to science should be allowed, including explicitly supernatural ones. (Feyerabend remains in the minority among philosophers of science.) Another approach to thinking about science involves studying how knowledge is created from a sociological perspective, an approach represented by scholars like David Bloor and Barry Barnes. Finally, a tradition in Continental philosophy approaches science from the perspective of a rigorous analysis of human experience.Philosophies of the particular sciences range from questions about the nature of time raised by Einstein's general relativity, to the implications of economics for public policy. A central theme is whether one scientific discipline can be reduced to the terms of another. That is, can chemistry be reduced to physics, or can sociology be reduced to individual psychology? The general questions of philosophy of science also arise with greater specificity in some particular sciences. For instance, the question of the validity of scientific reasoning is seen in a different guise in the foundations of statistics. The question of what counts as science and what should be excluded arises as a life-or-death matter in the philosophy of medicine. Additionally, the philosophies of biology, of psychology, and of the social sciences explore whether the scientific studies of human nature can achieve objectivity or are inevitably shaped by values and by social relations.