Convergence of Scientific Knowledge

A view from the limit

AvVincent F. Hendricks

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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The fundamental thesis of this text is that knowledge may be characterized by convergence to a correct hypothesis in the limit of empirical scientific inquiry. The primary aim is not to say whether convergence will or will not occur. It is rather to systematically investigate the proposal that such convergence, if it occurs, is descriptive of scientific knowledge from a logical point of view; in brief to provide an epistemology of limiting convergence for both scientific realists and anti-realists. To investigate this convergence proposal a framework called "modal operator theory" is introduced. Modal operator theory denotes the cocktail obtained by mixing epistemic, alethic, and tense logic in order to study the validity of limiting convergent knowledge. With philosophical motivation this book takes both professionals and students of philosophy, logic and computer science for a systematic tour of the knowledge and convergence universe.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-03-31
Mått:155 x 235 x 27 mm
Vikt:781 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Trends in Logic
Antal sidor:367
Upplaga:2001
Förlag:Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN:9780792369295

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Referee's comment: 'This book will be a rewarding reading for everybody who is interested in logical aspects of scientific knowledge acquisition. The presentation of the issues discussed in the book is exemplary. ...I hardly could mention another book in which various philosophical viewpoints on the nature of scientific inquiry are discussed in such a consistent but at the same time instructive and accurate way. ...I am quite sure that Hendricks' approach to the problems he studies is of considerable interest for anybody who is interested in forming a good theoretical model of growth of science.'

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- I The Philosophy of Convergence.- 2. Knowledge, Method and Reliability.- 3. Knowledge and Skepticism.- 4. The Epistemology of Convergence.- II Modal Operator Theory.- 5. The Ontology of Convergence.- 6. Science and Setup.- 7. Two Relations of Correctness.- 8. Methods and Methodology.- 9. Forcing.- 10.Definitions of Knowledge.- 11.Modal Formalization.- 12. Systems for Convergent Knowledge.- 13. Knowledge in Time.- 14.Forcing, Convergence—and Method.- 15. Transmissibility.- III Convergence in Sum.- 16. Knowledge in the End.- Appendices.- List of Axioms, Propositions and Theorems.- Additional Proofs.- Resources.- D.1 Published Resources.- D.2 WWW-Resources.- Nomenclature.- References.