The Material Realization of Science [electronic resource] From Habermas to Experimentation and Referential Realism / by Hans Radder.

The book addresses the topical issue of scientific realism and it proposes a detailed account of a referential realism. This account exploits several fruitful ideas of Jürgen Habermas, it builds on an analysis of scientific experimentation, and it is developed through an in-depth case study of the h...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 2214-7942 ; 294
Main Author: Radder, Hans (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edition:1st ed. 2012.
Series:Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 294
Subjects:
Philosophy.
Social sciences.
Humanities.
Physics.
Astronomy.
Online Access:
Springer English/International eBooks 2012 - Full Set: 2012 (Springer Link)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Preface to the Revised English Edition
  • Preface to the First English Edition
  • Preface to the Dutch Edition
  • Introduction
  • PART I   HABERMAS AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
  • 1 Habermas’s Philosophy of the Natural Sciences
  • 2 Analysis and Critique
  • PART II   EXPERIMENTATION AND REFERENTIAL REALISM
  • 3 Experimentation in the Natural Sciences
  • 4 Verifiability and Reference, Relativism and Realism
  • 5 Specification and Application: Two Case Studies from the History and Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics Conclusion
  • References
  • POSTSCRIPT 2012
  • References to the Postscript
  • Index.