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From Instrumentalism to Constructive Realism
Theo A. F. Kuipers
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hardcover. Suitable for open minded philosophers and scientists, this book explains and justifies the scientist's intuition that the debate among philosophers about instrumentalism and realism has almost no practical consequences. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
Surprisingly, modified versions of the confirmation theory (Carnap and Hempel) and truth approximation theory (Popper) turn out to be smoothly sythesizable. The glue between the two appears to be the instrumentalist methodology, rather than that of the falsificationalist.
The instrumentalist methodology, used in the separate, comparative evaluation of theories in terms of their successes and problems (hence, even if already falsified), provides in theory and practice the straight road to short-term empirical progress in science ( à la Laudan). It is also argued that such progress is also ... Read more
Surprisingly, modified versions of the confirmation theory (Carnap and Hempel) and truth approximation theory (Popper) turn out to be smoothly sythesizable. The glue between the two appears to be the instrumentalist methodology, rather than that of the falsificationalist.
The instrumentalist methodology, used in the separate, comparative evaluation of theories in terms of their successes and problems (hence, even if already falsified), provides in theory and practice the straight road to short-term empirical progress in science ( à la Laudan). It is also argued that such progress is also ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792360865
SKU
V9780792360865
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About Theo A. F. Kuipers
Professor Theo Kuipers is the author of From Instrumentalism to Constructive Realism (Synthese Library 287, 2000). He is the leader of the Groningen Research Group `Cognitive Structures in Knowledge and Knowledge Development', which gained the highest possible scores in two successive assessments of Dutch philosophical research by international committees.
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