Continental Philosophy of Science

Gary Gutting holds the Notre Dame Chair in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His recent publications include Pragmatic Liberalism and the Critique of Modernity (1999), and French Philosophy in the Twentieth Century (2001). He is founder and editor of Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, an online book review journal

“Continental philosophers in Britain and the United States have for the most part ignored the enormous contribution of continental philosophy to the philosophy of science, just as philosophers of science in Britain and the United States have done. Gary Gutting has long been a leading exponent of the importance of this contribution and his superb collection, with its many new translations, should go a long way toward turning the tide.” Robert Bernasconi, University of Memphis “This masterful collection of original texts and expert commentary demonstrates Continental philosophers’ rich and diverse engagement with science, dispelling the notion that significant philosophical thinking about science is the sole prerogative of ‘analytic’ philosophers.” Daniel Dahlstrom, Boston University “This book makes a welcome contribution to the secondary literature on the history and philosophy of modern science. Gary Gutting has assembled an impressive gallery of essays, which collectively advance a powerful, if relatively neglected, interpretation of the development of scientific method and practice. The pairing of influential historical figures with leading contemporary commentators is especially valuable.” Daniel W. Conway, The Pennsylvania State University

• Notes on Contributors viiAcknowledgments xiIntroduction: What Is Continental Philosophy of Science 1Gary GuttingHegel 171 Speculative Naturphilosophie and the Development of the Empirical Sciences: Hegel’s Perspective 19Terry Pinkard2 Naturphilosophie 35G W F HegelBergson 413 Bergson’s spiritualist metaphysics and the sciences 43Jean Gayon4 Psycho-physical parallelism and positive metaphysics 59Henri BergsonCassirer 695 Ernst Cassirer and the Philosophy of Science 71Michael Friedman6 From Substance and Function 84Ernst CassirerHusserl 917 Science as a Triumph of the Human Spirit and Science in Crisis: Husserl and the Fortunes of Reason 93Richard Tieszen8 From the Introduction to the Logical Investigations and from The Crisis of the European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology 113Edmund HusserlHeidegger 1219 Heidegger on Science and Naturalism 123Joseph Rouse10 From On “Time and Being” 142Martin HeideggerBachelard 15511 Technology, Science, and Inexact Knowledge: Bachelard’s Non-Cartesian Epistemology 157Mary Tiles12 From Essai sur la connaissance approchée 176Gaston BachelardCanguilhem 18513 Reassessing the Historical Epistemology of Georges Canguilhem 187Hans-Jörg Rheinberger14 The Object of the History of Sciences 198Georges CanguilhemFoucault 20915 Foucault’s Philosophy of Science: Structures of Truth/Structures of Power 211Linda Martín Alcoff16 From The History of Sexuality, vol. I: An Introduction 224Michel FoucaultDeleuze 23717 Gilles Deleuze, Difference, and Science 239Todd May18 From What Is Philosophy 258Gilles Deleuze and Félix GuattariIrigarary 26319 On Asking the Wrong Question "In Science, Is the Subject Sexed?" 265Penelope Deutscher20 In Science, Is the Subject Sexed 283Luce IrigarayHabermas 29321 Bisected Rationality: The Frankfurt School’s Critique of Science 295Axel Honneth22 Knowledge and Human Interest: A General Perspective 310Jürgen HabermasIndex 322