The Metaphysics of Science: An Account of Modern Science in Terms of Principles, Laws and Theories: v. 173 - Rilegato

Dilworth, Craig

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0792336933 ISBN 13: 9780792336938

Casa editrice: Kluwer Academic Print on Demand, 1995

Riassunto

The Metaphysics of Science provides a clear, well-founded conception of modern science, according to which its core consists of particular metaphysical principles. On this view, both the empirical and the theoretical aspects of science are the result of the attempt to apply these metaphysical principles to reality. There is a flexibility in the application of the principles, however, so that, in their scientific guise, they may come to be reformed over time through scientific revolutions.
This approach to modern science provides a unified conception of the enterprise, explaining such of its various aspects as the principle of induction, the nature of scientific knowledge and scientific reduction, the fundamental difference between the natural and social sciences, and the role of essentialism with respect to natural kinds. Furthermore, it provides a resolution of the longstanding debate between empiricism and realism. In this regard, and in others, the view of science advanced in this work is not only novel, but constitutes an alternative that is superior to both the empiric-analytic and the sociology of knowledge approaches that are prevalent today.

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From the reviews:

"Dilworth does not content himself with a mere philosophical analysis of the phenomenon of modern science, but tries to draw a lesson from the analysis applicable to the actual practice of science. Whereas in its beginnings modern science was a paradigm of open-mindedness, it is now in danger of becomming an ideology, due to its refusal to reflect on its own principles.  The Metaphysics of Science performs the much-needed function of opening the doors to such reflection - both for professional philosophers and scientists themselves''. (L.E. Fleischhacker, Epistemologia)

From the reviews of the second edition:

"All scientific and technological disciplines deal with systems; all systems’ research have a philosophy; all philosophies have numerous meta-components comprising meta-subdisciplines and meta-topics. ... Inasmuch as I strongly believe that every scientist (among many others) ought to know basic general and their specific-profession-related specialized philosophy, naturally with embedded mate-disciplines and meta-topics, Dilworth’s book is recommended." (Karl H. Wolf, International Journal of General Systems, Vol. 36 (5), 2007)

"Science makes metaphysical presuppositions. I must ... at once declare an interest. ... According to Dilworth, the three metaphysical principles constitute ‘the core of modern science’ ... . They guide research and provide methodological rules. ... Dilworth suggests that we need a new metaphysical paradigm for a new kind of science. ... this book propounds an immensely important idea–even if one that received a much improved formulation at least twelve years before publication of the first edition." (Nicholas Maxwell, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, August, 2009)

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Kluwer Academic Print on Demand
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0792336933
• ISBN 13: 9780792336938
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 235
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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