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Hypothesis and Perception In this sequel to his Foundations of Metaphysics in Science, Harris develops a new theory of scientific method. Harris challenges the empiricist approach, criticizing its presuppositions as internally incoherent and incompatible with actual scientific practice. Looking to C. S. Peirce and R. G. Collingwood as precursors, Harris argues that the actual method of thinking employed by scientists is ne... Full description
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Errol E. Harris (Ambleside, Cumbria, England) is John Evans Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy (Emeritus) at Northwestern University, and the author of Fundamentals of Philosophy, Spinoza's Philosophy: An Outline, The Substance of Spinoza, The Foundations of Metaphysics in Science, Hypothesis and Perception, Cosmos and Anthropos: A Philosophical Interpretation of the Anthropic Cosmological Principle, Cosmos and Theos: Ethical and Theological Implications of the Anthropic Cosmological Principle, and One World or None: Prescription for Survival.
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The sequel to "The Foundations of Metaphysics in Science", this book addresses the epistomological questions unexamined in the first work. The empiricist approach is directly challenged, and shown to be internally incoherent and incompatible with actual scientific practice.
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