Systematicity: The Nature of Science - Rilegato

Hoyningen-Huene, Paul

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ISBN 10: 0199985057 ISBN 13: 9780199985050

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2013

Riassunto

In Systematicity, Paul Hoyningen-Huene answers the question "What is science?" by proposing that scientific knowledge is primarily distinguished from other forms of knowledge, especially everyday knowledge, by being more systematic. "Science" is here understood in the broadest possible sense, encompassing not only the natural sciences but also mathematics, the social sciences, and the humanities. The author develops his thesis in nine dimensions in which it is claimed that science is more systematic than other forms of knowledge: regarding descriptions, explanations, predictions, the defense of knowledge claims, critical discourse, epistemic connectedness, an ideal of completeness, knowledge generation, and the representation of knowledge. He compares his view with positions on the question held by philosophers from Aristotle to Nicholas Rescher. The book concludes with an exploration of some consequences of Hoyningen-Huene's view concerning the genesis and dynamics of science, the relationship of science and common sense, normative implications of the thesis, and the demarcation criterion between science and pseudo-science.

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Systematicity constitutes a welcome contribution to the general philosophy of science. The research agenda for general philosophy of science has been shifting over the last three decades as many philosophers of science have focused on issues in the philosophy of the special sciences, philosophy of physics, philosophy of biology, and the like. In Systematicity, Hoyningen-Huene shows that there is still important and interesting work to be done in general philosophy of science. One leaves the book with a deeper appreciation for the nature of science, as the subtitle suggests, and why science rightly holds the important place it does in contemporary Western cultures. The book has the marks of being written by a mature scholar, erudite, wide ranging, and carefully argued. (K. Brad Wray, Metascience)

Hoyningen-Huene presents a thought-provoking image of science that is very useful for the debate on the nature of science within science education. (Esther M. van Dijk, Science & Education)

provides a fresh perspective on science ... Recommended. (V.V. Raman, CHOICE)

This is a well-organized, well-written, and compellingly argued text on a topic of considerable importance. (Travis Dumsday, Review of Metaphysics)

This book is a pleasure to read. It is well written, delicately crafted, scrupulously sign-posted, and very carefully and closely argued including of course the appropriate hedging at crucial points. Its perspective on the histories of both Science and philosophy is expansive, and its author strikes an impeccably impartial tone on disputes that are purely intramural in character

or irrelevant to the subject at hand. (Mariam Thalos, Mind)

L'autore:

Paul Hoyningen-Huene is a philosopher of science with a PhD in theoretical physics teaching at the Institute of Philosophy at the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany. He is best known for his book Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions: Thomas S. Kuhn's Philosophy of Science (1993).

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• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0199985057
• ISBN 13: 9780199985050
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 304