The courage of doing philosophy : : essays presented to Leszek Nowak / / edited by Jerzy Brzezinski ... [et al.].
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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Year of Publication: | 2007 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (472 p.) |
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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.