Rowbottom Popper’s Critical Rationalism

A Philosophical Investigation
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-136-86176-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 198 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science

Popper’s Critical Rationalism presents Popper’s views on science, knowledge, and inquiry, and examines the significance and tenability of these in light of recent developments in philosophy of science, philosophy of probability, and epistemology. It develops a fresh and novel philosophical position on science, which employs key insights from Popper while rejecting other elements of his philosophy.

Central theses include:

- Crucial questions about scientific method arise at the level of the group, rather than that of the individual.

- Although criticism is vital for science, dogmatism is important too.

- Belief in scientific theories is permissible even in the absence of evidence in their favour.

- The aim of science is to eliminate false theories.

- Critical rationalism can be understood as a form of virtue epistemology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rowbottom, Darrell

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Comprehensive Rationalism, Critical Rationalism, and Pancritical Rationalism 2. Induction and Corroboration 3. Corroboration and the Interpretation of Probability 4. Corroboration, Tests, and Predictivism 5. Corroboration and Duhem’s Thesis 6.The Roles of Criticism and Dogmatism in Science: A Group Level View 7. The Aim of Science and Its Evolution 8. Thoughts and Findings

Über Autor(innen)

Darrell P. Rowbottom is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford.