(ttc) jeffrey l kasser, philosophy of science

... developments in logic and the philosophy of language, they tried to develop an empiricist conception of philosophy that was logically coherent and adequate to the practice of science. In this lecture, ... number of observations could conclusively establish the truth of “All copper conducts electricity.” 2. Similar problems face a broadly Popperian proposal that substitutes...

Ngày tải lên: 05/06/2014, 11:28

... Order of Things (1970) and The Archaeology of Knowledge (1971) – Foucault’s thinking displayed a clear indebtedness to Bachelard’s philosophy of science, especially his theory of ‘epistemological ... effort.) 5 Traditionally, philosophy thought of itself as a specialized, exacting, intellectually rigorous discipline for evaluating truth claims or addressing issues that lay b...

Ngày tải lên: 18/04/2014, 15:18

... variety of forms will emerge." (Popper, Karl R., [Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of London], "Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography," Open Court: La Salle Ill., ... Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize winner and eminent evolutionist) Philosophy of Science, Practice of Science: " There will be well-testable theories, hardly testable theories,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/04/2014, 15:27

... consensus. By linking key debates in the philosophy of science to an example of real-world science the author not only provides an excellent introduction to the philosophy of science but also challenges ... artificial enterprise that will probably bear little relation- ship to the way science is actually conducted. And the work will probably strike few chords with scientists,...

Ngày tải lên: 24/04/2014, 16:56

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Ngày tải lên: 05/06/2014, 11:03

... language is often called the “informal” language of science. The informal colloquial expressions can be transformed into the categorical form although usually at the expense of awkward style. ... object language of science is more often expressed either in colloquial language or in mathematical language. Colloquial discourse is often implicitly universal with universality intend...

Ngày tải lên: 05/06/2014, 11:26