Science, Reality, & Language (SUNY Series in Philo (SUNY series in Philosophy) - Softcover

Marsonet, Michele

 
9780791424766: Science, Reality, & Language (SUNY Series in Philo (SUNY series in Philosophy)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0791424766 ISBN 13: 9780791424766
Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1995

Synopsis

Science, Reality, and Language criticizes the anti-realist stance currently flourishing in philosophy of science and shows that many contemporary philosophers of science, although they define themselves empiricists, have evolved into "linguistic idealists". After emphasizing that most practicing scientists find the linguistically oriented philosophy of science useless, the author concludes is that a naturalistic philosophy of science is needed in which language is no longer taken to be the whole of reality, but just a human product created for practical and social purposes.

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About the Author

Michele Marsonet is Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy at the University of Genoa, Italy.

From the Back Cover

This book promises to transform the terms of the current debate between realism and anti-realism, and to reestablish some form of naturalism and, in the process, some form of sanity to the current practice of philosophy of science.

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Publisher
State University of New York Press
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0791424766
ISBN 13 
9780791424766
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
190

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