The courage of doing philosophy : : essays presented to Leszek Nowak /

The courage of doing philosophy : : essays presented to Leszek Nowak / / edited by Jerzy Brzezinski ... [et al.].

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In recent years, the problem if idealization has been one of the central issues discussed in philosophy of science. This volume gathers original essays written by well-known philosophers. The papers address the method of idealization and its applications in science as well as ontological and epistem...

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Brzezinski, Jerzy.
Year of Publication:2007
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (472 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • ORIGINALITY, COURAGE, AND RESPONSIBILITY / Andrzej Klawiter and Krzysztof Łastowski
  • LIST OF BOOKS BY LESZEK NOWAK
  • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LESZEK NOWAK’S WRITINGS
  • ON TWO TYPES OF IDEALIZATION AND CONCRETIZATION: THE CASE OF TRUTH APPROXIMATION / Theo A. F. Kuipers
  • IDEALIZATION, COUNTERFACTUALS, AND TRUTHLIKENESS / Ilkka Niiniluoto
  • HOW TO DO THINGS WITH THEORIES: AN INTERACTIVE VIEW OF LANGUAGE AND MODELS IN SCIENCE / R. F. Hendry and Stathis Psillos
  • THE METHOD OF IDEAL TYPES VERSUS THE METHOD OF IDEALIZATION / Izabella Nowakowa
  • LESZEK NOWAK ON SCIENTIFIC LAWS AND SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION / Igor Hanzel
  • IDEALIZATION, COUNTERFACTUALS, AND THE CORRESPONDENCE PRINCIPLE / Michael J. Shaffer
  • SYNTHETIC AND NEUTRALISTIC THEORY OF EVOLUTION: THE ISSUE OF METHODOLOGICAL CORRELATIONS / Krzysztof Łastowski
  • IDEALIZATION IN THE LABOR THEORY OF VALUE / Adolfo García de la Sienra
  • ON THE APPLICATION OF NON-MARXIAN HISTORICAL MATERIALISM TO DEVELOPMENT OF NON-EUROPEAN SOCIETIES / Krzysztof Brzechczyn
  • MODEL CONSTRUCTION, IDEALIZATION, AND SCIENTIFIC ONTOLOGY / C. Ulises Moulines
  • REPRESENTATIONS, POSSIBLE WORLDS, AND THE IDEALIZATIONAL APPROACH TO SCIENCE / Thomas Mormann
  • IDEALIZATION, INTELLECTUAL INTUITION, INTERPRETATION, AND ONTOLOGY IN SCIENCE / Evandro Agazzi
  • WHAT DOES TO BE MEAN IN LESZEK NOWAK’S CONCEPTION OF UNITARIAN METAPHYSICS? / Piotr Przybysz
  • FORMAL AND ONTOLOGICAL ROUNDABOUTS / Roberto Poli
  • METALOGIC AND ONTOLOGY / Jan Woleński
  • ON THE STRUCTURE OF DECEPTIVE SPEECH ACTS: LYING AS AN ELEMENT OF COMMUNICATION / Max Urchs
  • IN PRAISE OF PHILOSOPHY / Jerzy Perzanowski
  • LOVE: IN SEARCH FOR THE FIRST PHILOSOPHY / Roman Kubicki
  • IS THE ENLIGHTENED WORLDVIEW ON RETREAT? / Bert Hamminga
  • BOXING AND VIOLENCE / Martti Kuokkanen
  • ON WILLFULLY CONTRARIOUS BELIEFS / Katarzyna Paprzycka.

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