The limits of science : : an analysis from "barriers" to "confines" / / edited by Wenceslao J. Gonzalez.

• Superior document: Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Volume 109
• TeilnehmendeR: González, Wenceslao J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill Rodopi,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; Volume 109.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Rethinking the Limits of Science: From the Difficulties Regarding the Frontiers to the Concern about the Confines /; The Uncertain Frontier between Scientific Theories and Metaphysical Research Programmes /; Cognitive Problems and Practical Limits: Computers and Our Limitations /; Language and the Limits of Science /; Ethical Limits of Science, Especially Economics /; Predicting and Knowability: The Problem of Future Knowledge /; The Limits of Future Knowledge: An Analysis of Nicholas Rescher’s Epistemological Approach /; The Limits of Information Science /; Rescher and Gadamer: Two Complementary Views of the Limits of Sciences /; The Obstacles to Scientific Prediction: An Analysis of the Limits of Predictability from the Ontology of Science /; Index of Names /; Subject Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004325409
• ISSN: 0303-8157
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Wenceslao J. Gonzalez.

The problem of the limits of science is twofold. First, there is the problem of demarcation, id est, the boundaries or “barriers” between what is science and what is not science. Second, there is the problem of the ceiling of scientific activity, which leads to the “confines” of this human enterprise. These two faces of the problem of the limits — the “barriers” and the “confines” of science — require a new analysis, which is the task of this book. The authors take into account the Kantian roots but they are focused on the current stage of the philosophical and methodological analyses of science. This vision looks to supersede the Kantian approach in order to reach a richer conception of science.