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Minimal Verificationism
On the Limits of Knowledge
Av Gordian Haas
Inbunden, 2015
1490 kr
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Verificationism has been a hallmark of logical empiricism. According to this principle, a sentence is insignificant in a certain sense if its truth value cannot be determined. Although logical empiricists strove for decades to develop an adequate principle of verification, they failed to resolve …
Wissen, was möglich ist
Inbunden, 2014
2206 kr
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In diesem Buch wird untersucht, woher wir wissen können, was metaphysisch möglich und notwendig ist - über begriffliche Notwendigkeiten und Tatsachen hinaus. Der Autor diskutiert die zentralen Vorschläge, die seit dem Erscheinen von Saul Kripkes Naming and Necessity von David Chalmers, Timothy …
Knowledge, Language, and Interpretation
On the Philosophy of Donald Davidson
Av Maria Cristina Amoretti, Nicla Vassallo
Inbunden, 2008
1962 kr
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Thanks to their heterogeneity, the nine essays in this volume offer a clear testimony of Donald Davidson's authority, and they undoubtedly show how much his work - even if it has raised many doubts and criticisms - has been, and still is, highly influential and significant in contemporary …
Collective Epistemology
Av Hans Bernhard Schmid, Daniel Sirtes m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
2035 kr
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„We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” This collection of essays addresses a philosophical problem raised by the first clause of these famous words. Does each signatory of the Declaration of Independence hold these truths individually, do they share some kind of …
From Psychology to Neuroscience
A New Reductive Account
Av Patrice Soom
Inbunden, 2011
2321 kr
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This book explores the mind-body issue from both the perspectives of philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. Starting from the problem of mental causation, it provides an overview of the contemporary metaphysical discussion and argues in favour of the token-identity thesis, as the only …
Knowledge - Genetic Foundations and Epistemic Coherence
Inbunden, 2011
1962 kr
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Since the 1960s there is a controversial discussion about the correct explication of the concept of knowledge in epistemology, but until today no generally accepted solution to the problem of defining this concept has been found. This book contributes to the discussion in epistemology by proposing …
Die Praxis des Wissens
Können als Quelle der Erkenntnis
Inbunden, 2012
1962 kr
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Diese Studie bietet eine pragmatistische Deutung von Erkenntnis. Durch eine detaillierte Analyse im Kontext von Sprachphilosophie und Philosophie des Geistes legt der Autor dar, warum Wissen seinen Ursprung im Können hat. Denn bei genauer Betrachtung beschreiben die Bedingungen für Wissen letztlich …
Two-Dimensionalist Guide to Conceptual Analysis
Av Jens Kipper
Inbunden, 2012
2321 kr
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According to epistemic two-dimensionalism, or simply twodimensionalism, linguistic expressions are associated with two intensions, one of which represents an expression’s a priori implications. The author investigates the prospects of conceptual analysis on the basis of a twodimensionalist theory …
Wertfreiheitsideal in der sozialen Erkenntnistheorie
Objektivität, Pluralismus und das Beispiel Frauengesundheitsforschung
Av Anke Büter
Inbunden, 2012
1920 kr
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Die Wertfreiheit der Wissenschaft gilt als Bedingung ihrer Objektivität. Eine Analyse des entsprechenden Wertfreiheitsideals zeigt jedoch, dass dieses auf einer Reihe von Voraussetzungen beruht – wie der Trennbarkeit kognitiver von anderen Werten und der epistemischen Unabhängigkeit der …
Was ist wirklich?
Av Christoph Halbig, Christian Suhm
Häftad, 2004
683 kr
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In der neueren Philosophie wird der Realismus in verschiedenen Debatten kontrovers erörtert. Dies hat sich inzwischen in einer Vielzahl realistischer und antirealistischer Positionen niedergeschlagen. Der vorliegende Band vereint 17 Beiträge, die sich unter verschiedenen Blickwinkeln …
Persistence Through Time, and Across Possible Worlds
Inbunden, 2006
1791 kr
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How do ordinary objects persist through time and across possible worlds? How do they manage to have their temporal and modal properties? These are the questions adressed in this book which is? "guided tour of theories of persistence". The book is divided in two parts. In the first, the two …
Non-locality and Possible World
A Counterfactual Perspective on Quantum Entanglement
Inbunden, 2006
1962 kr
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This book uses the formal semantics of counterfactual conditionals to analyze the problem of non-locality in quantum mechanics. Counterfactual conditionals (subjunctive conditionals) enter the analysis of quantum entangled systems in that they enable us to precisely formulate the locality condition …
Reductionism in the Philosophy of Science
Inbunden, 2007
1962 kr
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In contemporary philosophy of science, ontological reductionism, or the claim that everything that exists in the world is something physical, is the consensus mainstream position. Contrary to a widespread belief, this book establishes that ontological and epistemological reductionism stand or fall …
Von Der Physik Zur Metaphysik
Physikalische Vereinheitlichung Und Stringansatz
Inbunden, 2007
2679 kr
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blinde Fleck
Av Ulrich Frey
Inbunden, 2007
1962 kr
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Wir machen immer wieder Fehler, auch in der Wissenschaft. Diese Arbeit zeigt, daß Wissenschaftler bestimmte Denkfehler kaum vermeiden können - verblüffenderweise unabhängig von Disziplin oder Epoche. Woher kommt dieser 'blinde Fleck'? Und kann man vielleicht doch etwas dagegen tun? Die durch die …
Reduction in Philosophy of Mind
A Pluralistic Account
Inbunden, 2011
1701 kr
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The notion of reduction continues to play a key role in philosophy of mind and philosophy of cognitive science. Supporters of reductionism claim that psychological properties or explanations reduce to neural properties or explanations, while antireductionists claim that such reductions are not …
Natur der Farben
Inbunden, 2009
3021 kr
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Farben sind für uns sowohl objektive, als auch phänomenale Eigenschaften. In seinem Buch argumentiert Fabian Dorsch, daß keine ontologische Theorie der Farben diesen beiden Seiten unseres Farbbegriffes gerecht werden kann. Stattdessen sollten wir akzeptieren, daß letzterer sich auf zwei …
Is Truth the Primary Epistemic Goal?
Inbunden, 2010
1482 kr
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This book is focused on a problem that has aroused the most controversy in recent epistemological debate, which is whether the truth can or cannot be the fundamental epistemic goal. Traditional epistemology has presupposed the centrality of truth without giving a deeper analysis. To epistemic value …
Principles of Truth
[conference "Truth, Necessity and Provability", which was held in Leuven, Belgium, from 18 to 20 November 1999]
Av Volker Halbach, Leon Horsten
Häftad, 2004
1009 kr
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On the one hand, the concept of truth is a major research subject in analytic philosophy. On the other hand, mathematical logicians have developed sophisticated logical theories of truth and the paradoxes. Recent developments in logical theories of the semantical paradoxes are highly relevant for …
Principles of Truth
Av Volker Halbach, Leon Horsten
Inbunden, 2014
1253 kr
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On the one hand, the concept of truth is a major research subject in analytic philosophy. On the other hand, mathematical logicians have developed sophisticated logical theories of truth and the paradoxes. Recent developments in logical theories of the semantical paradoxes are highly relevant for …
