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Constructive empiricismepistemology and the philosophy of science /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Constructive empiricismPaul Dicken.
Reminder of title:	epistemology and the philosophy of science /
Author:	Dicken, Paul,
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2010.
Description:	p.
Subject:	Empiricism.
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230281820

Constructive empiricismepistemology and the philosophy of science /
Dicken, Paul,1980-

Constructive empiricismepistemology and the philosophy of science /[electronic resource] :Paul Dicken. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2010. - p.

Includes bibliographical references.

Arguments Concerning Constructive Empiricism -- Epistemic Voluntarism: Rationality, Inferenceand Empiricism -- Against Epistemic Voluntarism: Musgrave, Modality and Mathematics -- On the Natureand Norms of Acceptance and Belief -- Conclusion: What is this Thing Called 'Constructive Empiricism'?.

Should scientists believe everything they say? Or would a more cautious attitude be preferable? On the one hand, the undisputed success of our contemporary scientific theories gives us good reasons to suppose that they are largely true; yet on the other hand, the undisputed failure of our past scientific theories give us cause for anxiety. Constructive empiricism - a view first formulated by the iconoclastic philosopherBas van Fraassen - offers an answer to this question: scientists should believe what they say, insofar as they are talking about the observable phenomena. But constructive empiricism is not just a view regarding the aim of science; it is also a view regarding the epistemological framework in which such a debate is to be conducted. It is this meta-philosophical issue that is the focus of this book - not with scientific truth, but with how one should argue about scientific truth.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230281820Subjects--Topical Terms:

190190
Empiricism.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: B816 / .D53 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 146/.44

Constructive empiricismepistemology and the philosophy of science /
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