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Science, Action, and Reality
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Description for Science, Action, and Reality
paperback. Series: Episteme. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
Were one to characterize the aims of this book ambitiously, it could be said to sketch the philosophical foundations or underpinnings of the scientific world view or, better, of the scientific conception of the world. In any case, it develops a comprehensive philosophical view, one which takes science seri ously as the best method for getting to know the ontological aspects of the world. This view is a kind of scientific realism - causal internal realism, as it is dubbed in the book. This brand of realism is "tough" in matters of ontology but "soft" in matters of semantics and ... Read more
Were one to characterize the aims of this book ambitiously, it could be said to sketch the philosophical foundations or underpinnings of the scientific world view or, better, of the scientific conception of the world. In any case, it develops a comprehensive philosophical view, one which takes science seri ously as the best method for getting to know the ontological aspects of the world. This view is a kind of scientific realism - causal internal realism, as it is dubbed in the book. This brand of realism is "tough" in matters of ontology but "soft" in matters of semantics and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Series
Episteme
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401089050
SKU
V9789401089050
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