Philosophy Science
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Overview
Continental Philosophy of Science provides an expert guide to the major twentieth-century French and German philosophical thinking on science. The book refutes the view that twentieth-century continental thought is anti-scientific, and shows how continental thinkers offer distinctive perspectives that both complement and fruitfully interact with analytic philosophy of science.Synopsis
Empiricist/positivist, Kantian/critical, or ontological/metaphysical, Hegel, Heidegger or Habermas, French and German philosophers have been working diligently on what philosophy should do now that science has all the answers to the big questions. In 22 essays, Gutting (philosophy, U. of Notre Dame) and contributors note that the human condition, even that in science, still needs quite a bit of rumination. They provide commentary to significant writings in the philosophy of science by Hegel (Naturphilosophie), Bergson ("Psychological Parallelism and Positive Metaphysics"), Cassirer (from Substance and Function), Husserl (Introduction to the Logical Investigations), Heidegger (Time and Being), Bachelard (Essai sur la connaissance approchee), Canguilhem ("The Object of the History of Sciences"), Foucault The History of Sexuality), Deleuze (What is Philosophy?, Irigaray ("In Science, Is the Subject Sexed?") and Habermas (Knowledge and Human Interests). Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Editorials
From the Publisher
“Continental philosophers in Britain and the United States have for the most part ignored the enormous contribution of continental philosophy to the philosophy of science, just as philosophers of science in Britain and the United States have done. Gary Gutting has long been a leading exponent of the importance of this contribution and his superb collection, with its many new translations, should go a long way toward turning the tide.” Robert Bernasconi, University of Memphis“This masterful collection of original texts and expert commentary demonstrates Continental philosophers’ rich and diverse engagement with science, dispelling the notion that significant philosophical thinking about science is the sole prerogative of ‘analytic’ philosophers.” Daniel Dahlstrom, Boston University
“This book makes a welcome contribution to the secondary literature on the history and philosophy of modern science. Gary Gutting has assembled an impressive gallery of essays, which collectively advance a powerful, if relatively neglected, interpretation of the development of scientific method and practice. The pairing of influential historical figures with leading contemporary commentators is especially valuable.” Daniel W. Conway, The Pennsylvania State University