From observables to unobservables in science and philosophy
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From observables to unobservables in science and philosophy
University Press of America, c2000
- : cloth : alk. ppr.
- : pbk : alk. ppr.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-230) and index
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Description
From Observables to Unobservables in Science and Philosophy focuses on knowing unobservable real things or attributes by means of observing real things or attributes, a topic central to twentieth-century scientific philosophy. Engaging both current and perennial issues in metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of nature and of science, Connell writes from a realist perspective. He adds a cogent, well written, and much needed voice to the current debate over foundationalism from the perspective of the undersubscribed quarter of empirical realism. Principal audiences for this volume will be scholars and graduate students in philosophy, working in the Aristotelian tradition.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Problem Chapter 2 Observables-What They Are Chapter 3 The Fundamental Cognitive Relation Chapter 4 The Similarity-Dissimilarity Relation Chapter 5 More on Analogies and Metaphors Chapter 6 Signs, Symbols and Words Chapter 7 The Necessity of Myth Chapter 8 Theory-Laden Observation Chapter 9 The A Priori and Innate Ideas Chapter 10 Regularities, Experience, Experiment Chapter 11 Hypotheses and Reality Chapter 12 The Mathematical Character of Physics Chapter 13 General Considerations on Philosophy Chapter 14 Philosophical Principles: Preliminaries Chapter 15 Natural Philosophy Chapter 16 Definitions Chapter 17 Analytic Propositions Chapter 18 Recapitulation Chapter 19 Bibliography Chapter 20 Index
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