Analysis and Interpretation in the Exact Sciences Essays in Honour of William Demopoulos

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Synopsis

The essays in this volume concern the points of intersection between analytic philosophy and the philosophy of the exact sciences. More precisely, it concern connections between knowledge in mathematics and the exact sciences, on the one hand, and the conceptual foundations of knowledge in general. Its guiding idea is that, in contemporary philosophy of science, there are profound problems of theoretical interpretation-- problems that transcend both the methodological concerns of general philosophy of science, and the technical concerns of philosophers of particular sciences. A fruitful approach to these problems combines the study of scientific detail with the kind of conceptual analysis that is characteristic of the modern analytic tradition. Such an approach is shared by these contributors: some primarily known as analytic philosophers, some as philosophers of science, but all deeply aware that the problems of analysis and interpretation link these fields together.

Book details

Edition:: 2012
Series:: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science (Book 78)
Author:: Melanie Frappier, Derek Brown and Robert DiSalle
ISBN:: 9789400725829
Related ISBNs:: 9789400725812
Publisher:: Springer Netherlands
Pages:: N/A
Reading age:: Not specified
Includes images:: Yes
Date of addition:: 2022-07-20
Usage restrictions:: Copyright
Copyright by:: Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Categories:: History, Mathematics and Statistics, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science