Platonism and the Objects of Science

Professor Scott Berman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2020
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-08021-8 (ISBN)

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What are the objects of science? Are they just the things in our scientific experiments that are located in space and time? Or does science also require that there be additional things that are not located in space and time?

Using clear examples, these are just some of the questions that Scott Berman explores as he shows why alternative theories such as Nominalism, Contemporary Aristotelianism, Constructivism, and Classical Aristotelianism, fall short. He demonstrates why the objects of scientific knowledge need to be not located in space or time if they are to do the explanatory work scientists need them to do. The result is a contemporary version of Platonism that provides us with the best way to explain what the objects of scientific understanding are, and how those non-spatiotemporal things relate to the spatiotemporal things of scientific experiments, as well as everything around us, including even ourselves.

Scott Berman is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Academic Program Coordinator for the Prison Education Program at Saint Louis University, USA.

1. The Overview
2. An Argument Against Nominalism
3. An Argument Against Contemporary Aristotelianism
4. An Argument Against Constructivism
5. An Argument Against Classical Aristotelianism
6. Platonism Concerning the Objects of Science
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.02.2020
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-350-08021-7 / 1350080217
ISBN-13	978-1-350-08021-8 / 9781350080218
Zustand	Neuware