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Holism in Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Physics
Michael Esfeld
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Paperback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK; HPM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 593.
The Scope of the Project The concept of holism is at the centre of far-reaching changes in various areas of philosophy in the second half of the twentieth century. Holism in epistemology and the philosophy of mind is widespread among analytic philosophers subsequent to the work of the later Wittgenstein and to Quine's "Two Dogmas of Empiricism". Roughly speaking, the claim is that (a) for a person to have beliefs, a social, linguistic community is required and that (b) single beliefs have a meaning only within a whole system of beliefs. Furthermore, holism is discussed in science, in particular in ... Read more
The Scope of the Project The concept of holism is at the centre of far-reaching changes in various areas of philosophy in the second half of the twentieth century. Holism in epistemology and the philosophy of mind is widespread among analytic philosophers subsequent to the work of the later Wittgenstein and to Quine's "Two Dogmas of Empiricism". Roughly speaking, the claim is that (a) for a person to have beliefs, a social, linguistic community is required and that (b) single beliefs have a meaning only within a whole system of beliefs. Furthermore, holism is discussed in science, in particular in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
370
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048157112
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V9789048157112
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