Experience and Beyond
Jan Faye
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Hardback. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
This book presents a persuasive argument in favour of evolutionary naturalism and outlines what such a stance means for our capacity of observation and understanding reality. The author discusses how our capacity of knowledge is adapted to handle sensory information about the environment in the light of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. The implication of this is that much of our thinking in science and philosophy that goes beyond our immediate experience rests on abstractions and hypostatization. This book rejects the possibility of having any knowledge of reality as it is in ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319310763
SKU
V9783319310763
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99-15
About Jan Faye
Jan Faye teaches epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has published extensively within these areas in Danish as well as English. Some of his latest books include After Postmodernism (2012) and The Nature of Scientific Thinking (2014).
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