Doing Science; In the Light of Philosophy
Language: English
Published by WSPC, 2016
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- Title
- Doing Science; In the Light of Philosophy
- Author
- Augusto, Bunge Mario
- Publisher
- WSPC
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9813202777
- ISBN 13
- 9789813202771
The sweep and depth of Bunge's philosophy not only exposes the failures of modern political philosophy and political theory, but gives us the tools to confront today's oppression, exploitation, and inequality with a critical, realist, and systemic approach.
Andreas Pickel, Political Science, Trent University, Peterbourough, Canada
Nearly all philosophers have dealt with the outcomes of scientific research, and have overlooked its philosophical presuppositions, such as those of rationality and realism. Although these presuppositions are mostly tacit and thus easily overlooked, actually they are supremely important, since some of them favor research whereas others hamper it. For instance, whereas subjectivism leads to navel gazing and uncontrolled fantasy, realism encourages us to explore the world and check our conjectures.
This book examines science in the making, a process it illustrates with many examples from the natural, social, and biosocial sciences. Therefore it centers on the research process and its philosophical presuppositions. It claims that the latter constitutes a sort of matrix for conceiving and nurturing scientific projects.
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Review
What a privilege to have interacted with Mario Bunge. I have always been impressed by his clarity, his curiosity, and his creativity, never shying away from any problem we humans are confronted with. --Ernst Pöppel, Professor Emeritus of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Munich, Germany
The originality of this book is that it reverses the tables on all current schools of philosophy, where philosophy and metaphysics are separated and isolated from the sciences. The punch line for Bunge is that practitioners in all intellectual fields need to adopt the appropriate form of metaphysics. Only then will they be enabled to create scientistic research projects. --Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
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