Rethinking Knowledge

The Heuristic View

AvCarlo Cellucci

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Del 4 i serien European Studies in Philosophy of Science

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This monograph addresses the question of the increasing irrelevance of philosophy, which has seen scientists as well as philosophers concluding that philosophy is dead and has dissolved into the sciences.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-08-18
Mått:155 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt:674 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:European Studies in Philosophy of Science
Antal sidor:427
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319850993

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Carlo Cellucci is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. His recent publications include the book Rethinking Logic: Logic in Relation to Mathematics, Evolution, and Method, Springer 2013, and the papers “Top-Down and Bottom-Up Philosophy of Mathematics”, “Philosophy of Mathematics: Making a Fresh Start”, “Why Should the Logic of Discovery be Revived”, “Does Logic Slowly Pass Away, or Has It a Future?”, “Rethinking Knowledge”, “Is There a Scientific Method? The Analytic Model of Science”, “Theory Building as Problem Solving”.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- 2. The Heuristic View.- 3. The Foundationalist View.- 4. The Limits of Skepticism.- 5. Philosophy and the Humanistic Disciplines.- 6. The Nature of Knowledge.- 7. Knowledge to Reality.- 8. Knowledge and Truth.- 9. Knowledge, Plausibly, and Common Sense.- 10. Other Questions About Knowledge.- 11. A Discourse on Method.- 12. The Method of Knowledge.- 13. Knowledge as Problem Solving.- 14. Modeling Scientific Knowledge.- 15. Perceptual Knowledge.- 16. Knowledge and Error.- 17. Knowledge and Mind.- 18. The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge.- 19. Mathematical Objects, Definitions, Diagrams.- 20. Mathematics: Problem Solving or Theorem Proving?.- 21. Two Notions of Mathematical Demonstration.- 22. Mathematical Explanations.- 23. Mathematical Beauty.- 24. Mathematics and Reality.- 25. Conclusion.