Rationality, Relativism and Incommensurability
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1997
Ashgate Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-85972-381-4 (ISBN)
Ashgate Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-85972-381-4 (ISBN)
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A collection of essays on the issues of rationality and relativism which arise within the context of the philosophy of science. The work concerns: the nature of relativism; the problem of semantic incommensurability; and the rationality of theory choice and variation of scientific methodology.
Part 1 Relativism: five varieties of cognitive relativism. Part 2 Incommensurability: Kuhn's changing concept of incommensurability (appendix - incommensurability and the indeterminacy of translation; Kuhn's ontological relativism; taxonomic incommensurability. Part 3 Untranslatability: in defense of untranslatability (appendix - translation and languagehood); incommensurability, translation and understanding. Part 4 Rationality: the problem of rational theory choice; judgement and rational theory choice. Part 5 Naturalism: rationality, relativism and methodological pluralism; normative naturalism and the challenge of relativism; Popper's metamethodological conventionalism and the turn to naturalism.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.7.1997 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Avebury Series in Philosophy |
| Zusatzinfo | bibliography, index |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 222 x 156 mm |
| Gewicht | 450 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-85972-381-0 / 1859723810 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-85972-381-4 / 9781859723814 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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