Proper Ambition of Science
Published on 3. February 2000
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-415-18617-9 (ISBN)
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First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
362 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-18617-9 (9780415186179)
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M.W.F. Stone | Jonathan Wolff
Proper Ambition of Science
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02/2015
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Content
1. Introduction Jonathan Wolff 2. Science, philosophy and human life in the Ancient World Bob Sharples 3. Theology, philosophy and 'science' in the thirteenth century: Albert the Great on the 'Hierarchy of the Sciences' M.W.F. Stone 4. The 17th century and the reconstruction of knowledge G.A.J. Rogers 5. The end of hierarchy: physics and metaphysics in the scientific revolution J.R. Milton 6. Science in the service of life: Nietzsche's objectivism Aaron Ridley 7. Pragmatism: common sense and the limits of science Christopher Hookway 8. Husserl and the crisis of the European sciences Dermot Moran 9. Some scientism, some historicism, some critics: Hayek's and Popper's critiques revisited Thomas E. Uebel 10. The rise of physicalism David Papineau 11. Against the Compleatability of science Nancy Cartwright