Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 559 g
From Poincare to Quine
Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 559 g
ISBN: 978-1-107-40731-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The daring idea that convention - human decision - lies at the root both of necessary truths and much of empirical science reverberates through twentieth-century philosophy, constituting a revolution comparable to Kant's Copernican revolution. This 2006 book provides a comprehensive study of Conventionalism. Drawing a distinction between two conventionalist theses, the under-determination of science by empirical fact, and the linguistic account of necessity, Yemima Ben-Menahem traces the evolution of both ideas to their origins in Poincaré's geometric conventionalism. She argues that the radical extrapolations of Poincaré's ideas by later thinkers, including Wittgenstein, Quine, and Carnap, eventually led to the decline of conventionalism. This book provides a fresh perspective on twentieth-century philosophy. Many of the major themes of contemporary philosophy emerge in this book as arising from engagement with the challenge of conventionalism.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Overview: the varieties of conventionalism; 2. Origins: Poincaré and Duhem and convention; 3. Relativity: from 'experience and geometry' to 'geometry and experience'; 4. Implicit definition; 5. 'Unlimited possibilities': Carnap on convention; 6. Metaphor and argument: Quine on convention; 7. Wittgenstein: from conventionalism to Iconoclasm.
