World Observed/The World Conceived, The - Hardcover

Radder, Hans

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0822942844 ISBN 13: 9780822942849

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006

Synopsis

Observation and conceptual interpretation constitute the two major ways through which human beings engage the world. The World Observed/The World Conceived presents an innovative analysis of the nature and role of observation and conceptualization. While these two actions are often treated as separate, Hans Radder shows that they are inherently interconnected-that materially realized observational processes are always conceptually interpreted and that the meaning of concepts depends on the way they structure observational processes and abstract from them. He examines the role of human action and conceptualization in realizing observational processes and develops a detailed theory of the relationship between observation, abstraction, and the meaning of concepts. The World Observed/The World Conceived will prove useful to many areas of scholarly study including ontology, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, science studies, and cognitive science.

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About the Author

Hans Radder is professor emeritus in philosophy of science and technology at the Department of Philosophy of VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is the author of many articles and several books, including The World Observed/The World Concei

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822942844
• ISBN 13: 9780822942849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232