عنوان

Ideas for a Hermeneutic Phenomenology of the Natural Sciences

(Number (ISBN

9401119589

(Number (ISBN

9789401119580

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b542172

Title Proper

Ideas for a Hermeneutic Phenomenology of the Natural Sciences

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Joseph J. Kockelmans.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1993

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xiii, 314 pages)

Series Title

Contributions to Phenomenology, In Cooperation with the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology, 15.

Text of Note

1: Notes on the History of the Philosophy of Science --;§1. Kant and the Kantian Tradition --;§2. The Empiricist Tradition Since Herschel and Mill --;§3. On the Origin of Conventionalism --;§4. Leading Schools and Trends in Philosophy of Science Today --;§5. Philosophy of Science: The Place of Hermeneutic Phenomenology --;2: Hermeneutic Phenomenology on the Meaning and Function of Philosophy --;§1. Philosophy as a Critical Reflection on the Meaning of Being Which Takes its Starting Point in an Analytic of Man's Mode of Being --;§2. The Historical Character of Philosophy --;§3. Philosophy as Critical Reflection on Man's Experiences --;§4. Concluding Remarks --;3: Basic Issues for an Ontology of the Natural Sciences --;§1. On the Hermeneutic Dimensions of the Natural Sciences --;§2. On the Problem of Truth in the Sciences --;§3. On Myth and Science. Some Hermeneutical Reflections --;4: Critical Discussion of Some Basic Issues Raised in the Logic, Epistemology, History, and Ontology of the Natural Sciences --;§1. On Stegmüller's Critical Analysis of the Logico- Empiricist Debate About the Relationship Between Theory and Experience --;§2. On Induction: Popper and Hempel --;§3. On the Meaning of Scientific Revolutions --;§4. Reflections on Lakatos' Methodology of Scientific Research Programs --;§5. Hübner on the Nature of the Theories Developed in Physics --;§6. Beyond Realism and Idealism. A Response to Patrick Heelan --;5: Toward a Hermeneutic Theory of the History of the Natural Sciences --;§1. Three Views on the Historicity of the History of Science --;§2. Critical Reflections --;Index of Names --;Index of Terms.

Text of Note

This book is a methodical and systematic presentation of basic ontological issues that must be raised with respect to the meaning and function of natural science. The ontological issues are discussed from a hermeneutico-phenomenological point of view. In addition, the book contains critical discussions of basic themes raised by Carnap, Hempel, Stegmüller, Kuhn, Lakatos, Hübner, Popper, van Fraassen, Heelan and Kisiel. One of the basic theses developed in the book is that logical, epistemological and methodological issues pertinent to the natural sciences should be complemented by ontological issues that focus mainly on meaning and truth. The book also contains one chapter on the implications of the ontological ideas presented for the history of the natural sciences.

Ontology.

Philosophy (General)

Philosophy, Modern.

by Joseph J. Kockelmans.

Joseph J Kockelmans

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[Book]

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