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Brill Sextus, Montaigne, Hume: Pyrrhonizers
Book SynopsisThis work invites us to view the Pyrrhonist tradition as involving all those who share a commitment to the activity of Pyrrhonizing and develops fresh, provocative readings of Sextus, Montaigne, and Hume as radical Pyrrhonizing skeptics: From the aspirationalism of Sextan Pyrrhonism, to Montaigne’s skeptical fideism and his unusual approach to the writing process, to the vexing interpretive issues surrounding Hume’s skepticism, each figure offers us new insights into what it can mean to Pyrrhonize.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Reality of Epistemic Akrasia 1 Epistemic Akrasia 2 What Would Epistemic Akrasia Involve? 3 Epistemic Akrasia Is Actual (and, Therefore, Possible) 4 Concluding Remarks (and Looking Forward) 2 Sextus, Montaigne, Hume: Exercises in Skeptical Cartography 1 Sextus Empiricus 2 Michel de Montaigne 3 David Hume 4 Concluding Remarks 3 Sextus Empiricus and Pyrrhonism as Aspirational 1 Is Pyrrhonism Psychologically Possible? 2 The Scope of Pyrrhonian Epochē 3 The Role of Pyrrhonian Epochē: Skepticism as a Eudaimonistic Ethic 4 Particularly Problematic Beliefs and Ataraxia 5 The Psychological Possibility of Pyrrhonism 6 Postscript 4 Montaigne’s Essays and/as Pyrrhonism 1 Approaching Montaigne’s Essays 2 The Presence of the Ancients in the Essays 3 Montaigne with Sextus and Cicero 4 Montaigne’s Skeptical Allegiance in the “Apology” 5 Is Montaigne Really a Pyrrhonist? 6 Montaigne’s Pyrrhonian Turn to Self-Examination 7 Montaigne’s Essays: Writing as Pyrrhonizing 5 Failing to be Responsive to Reasons: Unbudging Faith, Irresistible Beliefs 1 Hume on Montaigne’s (Doubt-Resistant) “Faith” 2 The Humean Maneuver 3 Rational Self-Control, Part 1 4 Rational Self-Control, Part 2 5 Concluding Remarks 6 Pyrrhonian Threads in the Great Humean Tapestry 1 Hume’s “Naturalism”? 2 So, Was Hume a Skeptic Then? 3 There Is No Satisfying Way to Interpret (All of) Hume 4 The Skeptical Threads of the Great Humean Tapestry 7 Hume on the “Durability” of Skepticism 1 A Treatise of Human Nature (1739/1740) 2 An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748) 3 Dialogues concerning Natural Religion (1779) 4 Humility and Faith in Early Modern Philosophy 5 Concluding Remarks 8 The Fruits of Skepticism 1 Skepticism and Open-Minded Inquiry 2 Skepticism and Mental Tranquility 3 Skepticism and the Inward Turn 4 Skepticism and Intellectual Modesty 5 Parting Remarks References Index
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Brill Truth and Responsibility: A Personalist Reading
Book SynopsisThis book goes beyond a simple study of Newman’s thought and work and seeks to apply his deductions to modern value conflicts. Although it will be of particular relevance to academic readers with some prior knowledge of Newman’s works, it may also be of wider interest to students of history, philosophy, theology and spirituality. More generally, its unusual focus on Newman’s epistemology and philosophical deductions, and how these relate to present-day dilemmas, should also attract interest from his many non-academic followers and devotees. “The main value of this work lies in its original approach to Newman from a Polish Personalist perspective, and this (rather than as another amorphous study of Newman) could give it novelty value and attract real interest from Newman scholars and experts.” -Jonathan Luxmoore, Oxford-based writer and Church historian "How do we evaluate a human life, our own life? Beginning with John Henry Newman’s defence of his life, Jan Kłos in this volume sensitively explores from a personalist perspective how all our lives involve struggle with commitment, responsibility, and truth. In its emphasis on the narrative structure of human lives, the book makes a valuable contribution not just to the philosophy of personalism but to social theory overall." -Douglas Porpora, Professor of Sociology, Drexel UniversityTable of ContentsAbbreviations of John Henry Newman’s Texts Introduction Part 1 The Main Components of Newman’s Personalist System of Cognition Introduction to Part 1 1 Probability as the Guide of Life 2 Real and Unreal Words 3 Egotism Is True Modesty 4 Certitude or I Know that I Know 5 The Guidance of Conscience Part 2 Historical Studies Introduction to Part 2 6 The Church of England and the Church of Rome 7 The Church Fathers 8 Tract xc and the Articles 9 The Logic of Dogmas 10 The Individual Journey Has Reached Its Destination—1845 and Thereafter Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Brill Hegels Philosophie der Realität
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Springer Die Grundlage der Wissenschaftslehre in Ihrem Umrisse: Zu Fichtes “Wissenschaftslehren” von 1794 und 1810
Book SynopsisXI ABKÜRZUNGSVERZEICHNIS 1 EINLEITUNG A. aber die Möglichkeit einer Fichte-Interpretation überhaupt 1 B. Die Wirklichkeit der Interpretation 4 C. Die Bedeutung der Wissenschaltslehre 8 D. WL I794 und WL I8IO II E. Zum Gang der Arbeit I. KAPITEL MACHTSPRUCH UND REELLE NEGATION: DRITTER GRUNDSATZ 19 A. Subsumtion des A-ist unter das A =A 20 I. Standpunkt des A-ist 20 2. Standpunkt des A=A 21 B. Subsumtion des A =A unter das A-ist 22 I. Standpunkt des A=A 22 2. Standpunkt des A-ist 24 C. Synthese der Subsumtionen 25 I. Absolute Kausalität 26 2. Absolute Substantialität 27 3. Absolute Relation 28 D. Die Dialektik des 3. Grundsatzes 2 3 VIII INHALTSVERZEICHNIS 11. KAPITEL SPRUNG UND EIGENTLICHE NEGATION: ZWEITER GRUNDSATZ 47 A. Interpretation des 3. Grundsatzes 49 B. Die vier Erfahrungsstufen 51 I. Naturschwärmerei 52 2. Intersubjektivität 53 3. Gewissen 55 4. Gottesliebe 56 C. Die Erfahrung der Freiheit 56 D. Die Reflexionsform und das Dasein 66 III. KAPITEL UNGRUND UND SCHWEBEN: ERSTER GRUNDSATZ 1 7 A. Das Absolute als Aposteriori 73 I. Die fünffache Identität des Aposteriori 74 2. Das Wesen des Daseins als das Aposteriori 80 B. Das Absolute als Apriori 82 I. Indikativ und Imperativ 82 2. Gott oder das Sein 86 3. Die" zweite Methode" 88 C. Das Wesen der Wissenschaftslehre 92 I. Die WL als Wahrheit (Prinzip) 92 2. Die WL als Weg (Methode) 94 3. Die WL als Leben (Resultat) 6 9 100 NACHWORT A.Table of ContentsA. Über die Möglichkeit einer Fichte-Interpretation überhaupt.- B. Die Wirklichkeit der Interpretation.- C. Die Bedeutung der Wissenschaftslehre.- D. WL 1794 und WL 1810.- E. Zum Gang der Arbeit.- I. Kapitel Machtspruch und Reelle Negation: Dritter Grundsatz.- A. Subsumtion des A-ist unter das A=A.- 1. Standpunkt des A-ist.- 2. Standpunkt des A=A.- B. Subsumtion des A=A unter das A-ist.- 1. Standpunkt des A=A.- 2. Standpunkt des A-ist.- C. Synthese der Subsumtionen.- 1. Absolute Kausalität.- 2. Absolute Substantialität.- 3. Absolute Relation.- D. Die Dialektik des 3. Grundsatzes.- II. Kapitel Sprung und Eigentliche Negation: Zweiter Grundsatz.- A. Interpretation des 3. Grundsatzes.- B. Die vier Erfahrungsstufen.- 1. Naturschwärmerei.- 2. Intersubjektivität.- 3. Gewissen.- 4. Gottesliebe.- C. Die Erfahrung der Freiheit.- D. Die Reflexionsform und das Dasein.- III. Kapitel Ungrund und Schweben: Erster Grundsatz.- A. Das Absolute als Aposteriori.- 1. Die fünffache Identität des Aposteriori.- 2. Das Wesen des Daseins als das Aposteriori.- B. Das Absolute als Apriori.- 1. Indikativ und Imperativ.- 2. Gott oder das Sein.- 3. Die „zweite Methode“.- C. Das Wesen der Wissenschaftslehre.- 1. Die WL als Wahrheit (Prinzip).- 2. Die WL als Weg (Methode).- 3. Die WL als Leben (Resultat).- Nachwort.- A. Die Wissenschaftslehre als „Ontotogie“.- 1. Die WL 1794 als System.- 2. Die WL 1810 als System.- B. Die Wissenschaftslehre als „Phänomenologie“.- C. Die Wissenschaftslehre als „Transzendentalphilosophie“.
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Peeters Publishers Patterns in Meaning: Reflections on Meaning and
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Wordbridge Pub The Christian Philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd: II. the General Theory of the Law-Spheres
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Amsterdam University Press Our Strange Body: Philosophical Reflections on
Book SynopsisThe ever increasing ability of medical technology to reshape the human body in fundamental ways - from organ and tissue transplants to reconstructive surgery and prosthetics - is something now largely taken for granted. But for a philosopher, such interventions raise fundamental and fascinating questions about our sense of individual identity and its relationship to the physical body. Drawing on and engaging with philosophers from across the centuries, Jenny Slatman here develops a novel argument: that our own body always entails a strange dimension, a strangeness that enables us to incorporate radical physical changes.Trade Review"By developing a phenomenology of the body informed by recent philosophical contributions to the area, but also taking into account the transformations of body and self enacted by way of medical technologies and the images of body and self found in popular culture, Slatman offers an exciting view on the embodied self. Her book is a real treat to read." -- Frederik Svenaeus, Södertörn University, Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 46(01), 2015 "Jenny Slatman's Our Strange Body brings the Cartesian body into the 21st century, transforming our notions of self and other, inside and outside, mind and body, intimacy and strangeness, in the process. Slatman weaves together original readings of diverse figures across the history of philosophy, including Plato, Augustine, Descartes, De Lamettrie, Locke, Husserl, Austin, Ryle, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Dennett, and Nancy, with groundbreaking medical case studies of face, hand, and body organ transplants as well as creative insights gleaned from the work of contemporary performance and visual artists, to illustrate how what is most our own, namely, our own body, is also, at the same time, what is most strange to us. The animating insight of this innovative and fascinating investigation of personal identity is that the intimate self of oneself as a unique "I," is actually grounded upon that which constitutes us as a thing among other things, namely our physical body." -- Gail Weiss is professor of Philosophy and Human Sciences at the George Washington University, Washington DC "Jenny Slatman offers an exciting analysis of the ways new medical technologies have altered our understanding and experiences of the body in the 21th century. She enters into dialogue with philosophers of embodiment in the phenomenological tradition - Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean-Luc Nancy and others - and manages to connect their path breaking thoughts to themes such as cosmetic surgery, medical imaging technologies, organ and tissue transplantation, prosthetic extensions and bodily implants. Her conclusion is original and bold: the materiality of the body is a strange and potentially alienating part of our life, but it is also the starting point for our personal experiences and identity. The body is me. I am this strange body." -- Fredrik Svenaeus, professor of philosophy at Centre for Studies in Practical Knowledge, Södertörn University, SwedenTable of ContentsIntroduction The Issue of Identity: Being Self and Other Social-scientific and Ethical Analyses of Body Modifications A Phenomenology of Identity Chapter I: Heavy, Inanimate and Nauseating Bodies Carrying along Our Body The Fallen Soul Inanimate Life The Modern Soul The Soul that Inhabits the Stomach Reality Bracketed off Sweating and Blushing Chapter II: Body Boundaries Strange Bones Handiness, or Handling One's World Body Schema Leib and Körper: Difference and Unity Tolerating the Strange Limits to Tolerance Chapter III: Mirror, Please Tell Me Who I Am 'Oh My God, I Look as Hot as I Feel' Narcissism Other Narcissuses The Power of the Gaze Own and Strange in the Mirror Image Chapter IV: I Exist on the Outside Turned Inside out The Inner Self as Unassailable Stronghold Seen from the Outside Touch Recognition without Narcissism Chapter V: My Strange I Prosthetic Wings The Speaking and Spoken I Thinking is Speaking For - Sum Living with Intruders What is Strange and What Is Own Epilogue
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Springer Giving Reasons: A Linguistic-Pragmatic Approach to Argumentation Theory
Book SynopsisThis book provides a new, linguistic approach to Argumentation Theory. Its main goal is to integrate the logical, dialectical and rhetorical dimensions of argumentation in a model providing a unitary treatment of its justificatory and persuasive powers. This model takes as its basis Speech Acts Theory in order to characterize argumentation as a second-order speech act complex. The result is a systematic and comprehensive theory of the interpretation, analysis and evaluation of arguments. This theory sheds light on the many faces of argumentative communication: verbal and non-verbal, monological and dialogical, literal and non-literal, ordinary and specialized.The book takes into consideration the major current comprehensive accounts of good argumentation (Perelman’s New Rhetoric, Pragma-dialectics, the ARG model, the Epistemic Approach) and shows that these accounts have fundamental weaknesses rooted in their instrumentalist conception of argumentation as an activity oriented to a goal external to itself. Furthermore, the author addresses some challenging meta-theoretical questions such as the justification problem for Argumentation Theory models and the relationship between reasoning and arguing.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“Bermejo-Luque’s book Giving Reasons has the ambition of developing a new theoretical approach to argumentation that integrates logical, dialectical and rhetorical aspects. The author uses speech act theory to realize her ideal of ‘a linguistic-pragmatic approach’ to argumentation. … provide a coherent, systematic and comprehensive model for argument analysis and evaluation which overcomes the shortcomings of the current models and approaches to argumentation. … Giving Reasons will be of interest to argumentation theorists, as it raises some important issues.” (C. Andone, Argumentation, Vol. 26, 2012)Table of ContentsPreface.- I Argumentation and Its Study.- II Why Do We Need a New Theory of Argumentation?.- III Acts of Arguing.- IV The Logical Dimension of Argumentation.- V The Dialectical Dimension of Argumentation.- VI The Rhetorical Dimension of Argumentation.- VII Argumentation Appraisal.- References.
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Leuven University Press Essays on Plato's Epistemology
Book SynopsisAn Innovating approach to Plato’s philosophy. Through a careful survey of several significant Platonic texts, mainly focussing on the nature of knowledge, Essays on Plato’s Epistemology offers the reader a fresh and promising approach to Plato’s philosophy as a whole. From the very earliest reception of Plato’s philosophy, there has been a conflict between a dogmatic and a sceptical interpretation of his work and thought. Moreover, the two sides are often associated, respectively, with a metaphysical and an anti-metaphysical approach. This book, continuing a line of thought that is nowadays strongly present in the secondary literature – and also followed by the author in over thirty years of research –, maintains that a third way of thinking is required. Against the widespread view that an anti-dogmatic philosophy must go together with an anti-metaphysical stance, Trabattoni shows that for Plato, on the contrary, a sober and reasonable assessment of both the powers and limits of human reason relies on a proper metaphysical outlook. Ebook available in Open Access.This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).Trade ReviewTrabattoni is to be thanked for seeking out an English translator in order to make his work more widely available.Lloyd P. Gerson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.10.20Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1. Thought as Inner Dialogue (Theaet. 189e4-190a6)Chapter 2. Logos and doxa: The Meaning of the Refutation of the Third Definition of Epistêmê in the TheaetetusChapter 3. Theaetetus 200d-201c: Truth without CertaintyChapter 4. Foundationalism or Coherentism? On the Third Definition of Epistêmê in the TheaetetusChapter 5. What is the Meaning of Plato's Theaetetus? Sοme Remarks on a New Annotated Translation of the DialogueChapter 6. David Sedley's TheaetetusChapter 7. The “Virtuous Circle” of Language. On the meaning of Plato's CratylusChapter 8. The Knowledge of the PhilosopherChapter 9. What Role do the Mathematical Sciences Play in the Metaphor of the Line?Chapter 10. Socrates' error in the ParmenidesChapter 11. On the Distinguishing Features of Plato's “Metaphysics” (Starting from the Parmenides)Chapter 12. Is There Such a Thing as a “Platonic theory of the Ideas” According to Aristotle?Chapter 13. The Unity of Virtue, Self-Predication and the “Third Man” in Protagoras 329e-332aChapter 14. Plato: Philosophy, Politics and Knowledge. An OverviewBibliography
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Leuven University Press Grand Hotel Abyss: Desire, Recognition, and the
Book SynopsisLong-expected translation of the Portuguese academic bestseller Grande Hotel AbismoIn the last two decades recognition - arguably one of the most central notions of the dialectical tradition since Hegel - has once again become a crucial philosophical theme. Nevertheless, the new theories of recognition fail to provide room for reflection on transformation processes in politics and morality. This book aims to recover the disruptive nature of the dialectical tradition by means of a severe critique of the dominance of an anthropology of the individual identity in contemporary theories of recognition. This critique implies a thorough rethinking of basic concepts such as desire, negativity, will and drive, with Hegel, Lacan and Adorno being our main guides. The Marxist philosopher György Lukács said that the Frankfurt School (Horkheimer, Adorno, etc.) left us with nothing but negativity towards the state of the world. Their work failed to open up a concrete possibility of practical engagement in this world. All too eager to describe the impasses of reason, the Frankfurt philosphers remained trapped in a metaphorical Grand Hotel Abyss (Grand Hotel Abgrund). It was as living and being guardian of lettered civilization in a beautiful and melancholy grand hotel, of which the balconies face a gaping abyss. But perhaps in this way Lukács gave – and no doubt without realizing it himself – a perfect definition of contemporary philosophy, namely to confront chaos, to peer into what appears to a certain rationality as an abyss and to feel good about it. Touching Hegelian dialectics, critical theory and psychoanalysis, Grand Hotel Abyss gives a new meaning to the notion of negativity as the first essential step for rethinking political and moral engagement. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).Table of ContentsIntroduction. An indistinct picture I. Desire Chapter I. Love is colder than death Chapter II. On how law becomes freedom Chapter III. Not all things are destined for transience II. Drive and fantasy Chapter IV. The coupling of sex and death is not exclusive to decadent romantics Chapter V. An impulse toward lawlessness Chapter VI. Below zero: the “negativity deficit” in Axel Honneth III. Action Chapter VII. Our time unlocks a multiplicity in each desire Chapter VIII. On the political power of the inhuman Chapter IX. Towards an anti-predicative concept of recognition ConclusionBibliography Name index Subject index
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Amsterdam University Press The Use of Confessionary Evidence under the
Book SynopsisFor more than three decades, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fought a gruesome war for independence against the majoritarian Sinhalese government of Sri Lanka. Even as the government fought LTTE on the battlefield, it also pursued a legal war through the enactment of counterterrorism laws that permitted indefinite detention and the use of confessions as sole evidence. This book applies theoretical insights from the work of philosophers such as Carl Schmitt, Giorgio Agamben, and Michel Foucault to the Sri Lankan context to examine the conflicting narratives relating to these laws produced by both sides in the conflict.Table of ContentsDo Tigers confess? Rebellion and martyrdom Facts, falsities, and fictions Punitive interrogation of Tamil Tiger suspects Judgment of the terrorist against the 'formula of justice' Fantasies, fictions, myths, and denials about Tamil Tigers' confessions Annexure BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Amsterdam University Press Wicked Philosophy: Philosophy of Science and
Book SynopsisWicked Philosophy. Philosophy of Science and Vision Development for Complex Problems provides an overview of the philosophy of the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities, and explores how insights from these three domains can be integrated to help find solutions for the complex, ‘wicked’ problems we are currently facing. The core of a new science-based vision is complexity thinking, offering a meta-position for navigating alternative paradigms and making informed choices of resources for projects involving complex problems. The book also brings design thinking into problem-solving and teaching, fostering construction of an integrative approach that bridges structure and action amplified by transdisciplinary engagement of stakeholders in society. It is not always easy to set up a succesfull philosophy course for students in other programs. The author of Wicked Philosophy, Coyan Tromp, has experience in designing courses on philosophy of science for various Bachelor programs. You can find two examples here. The first example is for an introductory course to an Interdisciplinary Philosophy of Science, which is specifically suited for programs focusing at complex problems such as sustainability or health issues. The second example is a program for a course on (Philosophy of) Science in a Post-Truth Society. More examples are also available (e.g. a program in which Philosophy of Science is combined with Vision Development and Future Scenarios). In addition to the program, the author can also provide a workbook with lesson plans, both for online and on campus settings as well as additional literature suggestions for Dutch and French programmes. Please contact us at marketing@aup.nl for questions or extra material.Trade Review‘Practitioners, teachers, and students across the entire range of sciences and humanities will benefit from Tromp’s comparison of traditional and newer paradigms, models, and approaches. She identifies their underlying assumptions, weighing their strengths and weaknesses for grappling with challenges such as the primary case of sustainable food systems. The book is anchored throughout by explanations of key tools, definitions of key concepts, and guiding questions for reflection and discussion.’ Julie Thompson Klein, Professor of Humanities Emerita in the English Department, Wayne State University (USA) and Affiliate of TdLaB at ETH-Zurich ‘A wide-ranging synthesis of ideas leading to a persuasive philosophy of transdisciplinary studies, one from which interdisciplinarians can glean much of value.’ William Newell, Professor Emeritus Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (USA)Table of ContentsPreface 1. Twenty-First-Century Science 1.1 ‘Wicked’ Problems: The Great Challenges of Our Times 1.2 The State of Modern Science 1.3 The Inevitability of Philosophy 1.4 Future Avenues 2 Contemporary Approaches 2.1 The Traditional Standard Research Model 2.2 Interpretivism as an Alternative Paradigm 2.3 Current Models and Future Thinking 2.4 Unity in Diversity 3 Structure and Action in Science 3.1 Objective Structures or Subjective Perspectives? 3.2 A Clash of Approaches? 3.3 Beyond the Oppositions 3.4 Towards a More Dynamic View of Science 4 Science as a Rational Process 4.1 The ‘Project of Reason’ 4.2 Unintended and Unwanted Consequences of the Rationality Process 4.3 The Societal Value of Science 4.4 Does Knowledge Also Imply Wisdom? 4.5 From Funnel Rationality to a More Comprehensive Rationality 5 Robust Knowledge for Complex Problems 5.1 Towards a Complexity-Based, Integrated Research Approach 5.2 Science in Progress 5.3 Quality Criteria for Research into Complex Issues 5.4 Dealing with Complexity 6 The Future of Science 6.1 Science and Futures Thinking 6.2 Vision-Based Science and Science-Based Visions 6.3 From Funnel Vision to Comprehensive Science References Glossary and Index Colophon
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Central European University Press The Triumph of Uncertainty: Science and Self in
Book SynopsisTauber, a leading figure in history and philosophy of science, offers a unique autobiographical overview of how science as a discipline of thought has been characterized by philosophers and historians over the past century. He frames his account through science’s – and his own personal – quest for explanatory certainty. During the 20th century, that goal was displaced by the probabilistic epistemologies required to characterize complex systems, whether in physics, biology, economics, or the social sciences. This “triumph of uncertainty” is the inevitable outcome of irreducible chance and indeterminate causality. And beyond these epistemological limits, the interpretative faculties of the individual scientist (what Michael Polanyi called the “personal” and the “tacit”) invariably affects how data are understood. Whereas positivism had claimed radical objectivity, post-positivists have identified how a web of non-epistemic values and social forces profoundly influence the production of knowledge. Tauber presents a case study of these claims by showing how immunology has incorporated extra-curricular social elements in its theoretical development and how these in turn have influenced interpretive problems swirling around biological identity, individuality, and cognition. The correspondence between contemporary immunology and cultural notions of selfhood are strong and striking. Just as uncertainty haunts science, so too does it hover over current constructions of personal identity, self knowledge, and moral agency. Across the chasm of uncertainty, science and selfhood speak.Table of ContentsForeword by Scott F. Gilbert Preface Introduction Chapter 1—Beginnings Chapter 2—On Ways of Knowing Chapter 3—Transitions Chapter 4—Rewriting Immunology Chapter 5—The Immune Self Chapter 6—Systems Philosophically Considered Chapter 7—Pursuing the Enigmatic Self Chapter 8—Rethinking Science Chapter 9—Outline of a Post-Positivist Philosophy of Science Chapter 10—A New Agenda Chapter 11—Personalizing Science Chapter 12—Moral Epistemology Chapter 13—Requiem for the Ego Chapter 14—Identity Reconsidered Conclusion Appendix 1—The Modernist Self Acknowledgements Bibliography Index
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Central European University Press The Triumph of Uncertainty: Science and Self in
Book SynopsisTauber, a leading figure in history and philosophy of science, offers a unique autobiographical overview of how science as a discipline of thought has been characterized by philosophers and historians over the past century. He frames his account through science’s – and his own personal – quest for explanatory certainty. During the 20th century, that goal was displaced by the probabilistic epistemologies required to characterize complex systems, whether in physics, biology, economics, or the social sciences. This “triumph of uncertainty” is the inevitable outcome of irreducible chance and indeterminate causality. And beyond these epistemological limits, the interpretative faculties of the individual scientist (what Michael Polanyi called the “personal” and the “tacit”) invariably affects how data are understood. Whereas positivism had claimed radical objectivity, post-positivists have identified how a web of non-epistemic values and social forces profoundly influence the production of knowledge. Tauber presents a case study of these claims by showing how immunology has incorporated extra-curricular social elements in its theoretical development and how these in turn have influenced interpretive problems swirling around biological identity, individuality, and cognition. The correspondence between contemporary immunology and cultural notions of selfhood are strong and striking. Just as uncertainty haunts science, so too does it hover over current constructions of personal identity, self knowledge, and moral agency. Across the chasm of uncertainty, science and selfhood speak.Table of ContentsForeword by Scott F. Gilbert Preface Introduction Chapter 1—Beginnings Chapter 2—On Ways of Knowing Chapter 3—Transitions Chapter 4—Rewriting Immunology Chapter 5—The Immune Self Chapter 6—Systems Philosophically Considered Chapter 7—Pursuing the Enigmatic Self Chapter 8—Rethinking Science Chapter 9—Outline of a Post-Positivist Philosophy of Science Chapter 10—A New Agenda Chapter 11—Personalizing Science Chapter 12—Moral Epistemology Chapter 13—Requiem for the Ego Chapter 14—Identity Reconsidered Conclusion Appendix 1—The Modernist Self Acknowledgements Bibliography Index
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Central European University Press Knowledge and Computing: Computer Epistemology
Book SynopsisThe result of the author's extensive practical experience: a decade in computer process control using large scale systems, another decade in machine pattern-recognition for vision systems, and nearly a decade dealing with artificial intelligence and expert systems. These real-life projects have taught Vamos a critical appreciation of, and respect for, both abstract theory and the practical methodology that grows out of-and, in turn, shapes-those theories. Machine representation means a level of formalization that can be expressed by the instruments of mathematics, whereas programming is not more and not less than a special linguistic translation of these mathematical formulae. How these all are related and controlled is a most practical philosophical and computation professional task. Wide experience in the practical fields of computer science, and the research of the underlying theoretical issues have led Vamos to the development of the attitude and activity of constructive skepticism.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface of Computer Epistemology 1991 Foreword Part 1 Why computer epistemology? 1.1 Prologue: why? 1.2 Knowledge about knowledge 1.3. Did it start also with the Greeks? 1.4. An important addendum about the not formalized human issue Part 2 Algebra, the discipline from the simplest to the most general 2.1 Introduction to the Game of Life and thinking 2.2 Algebra, the ladder from counting to coordinatizating the universe 2.3 Sets, other entity abstractions 2.4 Algebraic operations in highly practical roles: computational classes 2.5 Two examples of application algebraic methods 2.6 Abstracted reality: reflections in the brain and resume Part 3 Logic, the origin of all programming 3.1 Basic problems 3.2 Logic in computers, now 3.3 About final truth, epistemic ethics Part 4 How uncertain uncertainty is? 4.1 Long story of uncertainty about uncertainty 4.2 Late evolution 4.3 The pragmatic view of methodologies Part 5 Excursion to the fields of ontology, Being and beliefs 5.1 Ontology, homunculus, constructive skepticism 5.2 Ethics: our pragma: useful and necessary 5.3 Analytic versus metaphysical, logic versus pattern 5.4 Future human roles and attitudes and constructive skepticism Part 6 Conclusions Appendices References Name index Subject index
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Fondo de Cultura Economica USA KUHN Y EL CAMBIO CIENTIFICO
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Action Research in Action
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Independently Published Alternativas epistemológicas: Axiología, lenguaje
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Independently Published Pragmatic Positivism: Werner Heisenberg's
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State University of New York Press Gaslighting
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State University of New York Press Michel Foucaults Practical Philosophy
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Independently Published How to See Consciousness: Rational Philosophy of
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Academic Studies Press Visions of the Future: Malthusian Thought
Book SynopsisThis book is inspired by the author’s work as part of a major international and interdisciplinary research group at the University of Konstanz, Germany: “What If—On the Meaning, Relevance, and Epistemology of Counterfactual Claims and Thought Experiments.” Having contributed to great discoveries, such as those by Galileo and Einstein, thought experiments are especially topical in the twenty-first century, since this is a concept that bridges the gap between the arts and the sciences, promoting interdisciplinary innovation. To study thought experiments in literature, it is imperative to examine relevant texts closely: this has rarely been done to date and this is precisely what this book does as a pilot study focusing on selected works of philosophy and literature. Specifically, thought experiments by Thomas Malthus are analyzed side by side with short stories and novels by Vladimir Odoevsky and Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Alexander Bogdanov and Aleksei Tolstoy, Alexander Chaianov and Nina Berberova.Trade Review“While Grigorian carefully follows the narrative of each text, she discovers the connections between them, thanks to her consistent viewpoint. As she maintains, she successfully brings chronologically isolated utopian or dystopian dreams into a dialogue with each other, with Malthus and so on. … Finally, let me remark on the practical significance of this book. Grigorian argues that thought experiments investigated here will provide helpful insight into social and environmental problems in the post-2020 world. This global crisis has become much more serious after February 24, 2022. The cosmic scenarios concerning Malthusian theory provided by Russian writers will enable us to think about the world today from new perspectives.”— Yuki Fukui, Studies in East European Thought“Engagingly and clearly written, Visions of the Future represents an original approach to Russian utopian fiction and utopian fiction in general. This originality emerges primarily in the book's orientation to the strictly formal influence of counterfactual or hypothetical reasoning on the narrative strategies employed in utopian fiction, while its persuasive force lies in its careful account of well-chosen examples of this influence.”— Jeff Love, Research Professor of German and Russian, Clemson UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Thomas Malthus, the Problem of Population, and Counterfactual Thought Experiments: A Concise Overview Thought Experiments in Vladimir Odoevsky’s Russian Nights (1844) Thomas Malthus and Nikolai Chernyshevsky: Struggle for Existence or Mutual Help? Utopian Dreams in What Is to Be Done? (1863) Revolution on Earth and Mars: Alexander Bogdanov’s Red Star (1908) and Aleksei Tolstoy’s Aelita (1923) A Peasant Utopia: Alexander Chaianov’s My Brother Aleksei’s Journey (1920) Overpopulation in Nina Berberova’s Short Story “In Memory of Schliemann” (1958), in the Context of Malthusian Theory ConclusionBibliographyIndex
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Haymarket Books Potentia of Poverty
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