Idealist Alternatives to Materialist Philosophies of Science

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-41526-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Idealist Alternatives to Materialist Philosophies of Science (ed. Philip MacEwen) makes the case that there are other, and arguably better, ways of understanding science than materialism. Philosophical idealism leads the list of challengers but critical realism and various forms of pluralism are fully articulated as well. To ensure that the incumbent is adequately represented, the volume includes a major defence of materialism/naturalism from Anaxagoras to the present. Contributors include Leslie Armour, John D. Norton, and Fred Wilson with a Foreword by Nicholas Rescher. For anyone interested in whether materialism has a monopoly on science, this volume presents a good case for materialism but a better one for its alternatives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

MacEwen, Philip

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Nicholas Rescher

Preface

Philip MacEwen

List of Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Philip MacEwen

1 The Things that Fill the World

Leslie Armour

2 Science and the Humanities in Hume’s Philosophy of Religion

Philip MacEwen

3 Idealism and Philosophy of Science

Hugo Meynell

4 Philosophy in Einstein’s Science

John D. Norton

5 Nature, God, and Scientific Method

Edward L. Schoen

6 Charles De Koninck, John Leslie, and the Conceptual Parameters of Science

Elizabeth Trott

7 Idealism and Naturalism: a Really Old Story Re-Told with Variations

Fred Wilson

8 Bradleyan Idealism and Philosophical Materialism

K.M. Ziebart

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Philip MacEwen teaches in the Departments of Philosophy and Humanities, York University. He has published articles in many anthologies and journals including Bradley Studies, Idealistic Studies, and Canadian Public Administration.