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Why Science Needs Metaphysics
Elie Zahar
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Paperback. As notions of postmodernism and deconstruction have become exceedingly fashionable, scholars have attempted to remake epistemology as a subjectivist enterprise. This book deplores this state of affairs and attempts to correct it by reviving rational metaphysics as well as some of the ideas of the Vienna circle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
As notions of postmodernism and deconstruction have become exceedingly fashionable in recent times, scholars have attempted to remake epistemology as a subjectivist enterprise. "Why Science Needs Metaphysics" deplores this state of affairs and attempts to correct it by reviving rational metaphysics as well as some of the sound ideas of the Vienna circle. (A rational metaphysics maintains that the world around us is real, and has a specific nature independent of our thoughts or feelings.) In arguing for a rational metaphysics, Zahar corrects and extends Karl Popper's approach to epistemological problems and develops Lakatos's Methodology of Scientific Research Programs into ... Read more
As notions of postmodernism and deconstruction have become exceedingly fashionable in recent times, scholars have attempted to remake epistemology as a subjectivist enterprise. "Why Science Needs Metaphysics" deplores this state of affairs and attempts to correct it by reviving rational metaphysics as well as some of the sound ideas of the Vienna circle. (A rational metaphysics maintains that the world around us is real, and has a specific nature independent of our thoughts or feelings.) In arguing for a rational metaphysics, Zahar corrects and extends Karl Popper's approach to epistemological problems and develops Lakatos's Methodology of Scientific Research Programs into ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL, United States
ISBN
9780812696035
SKU
V9780812696035
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