The limits of science : an analysis from "barriers" to "confines" / edited by Wenceslao J. Gonzalez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

González, Wenceslao J., editor.

Series:

Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; v. 109.

Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities, 0303-8157 ; volume 109

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Physical Description:

xv, 216 pages : illustration ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill-Rodopi, [2016]

Summary:

The problem of the limits of science is twofold. First, there is the problem of demarcation, i.e., the boundaries or "barriers" between what is science and what is not science. Second, there is the problem of the ceiling of scientific activity, which leads to the "confines" of this human enterprise. These two faces of the problem of the limits - the "barriers" and the "confines" of science - require a new analysis, which is the task of this book. The authors take into account the Kantian roots but they are focused on the current stage of the philosophical and methodological analyses of science. This vision looks to supersede the Kantian approach in order to reach a richer conception of science. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Limits as Frontiers and as Confines

Rethinking the Limits of Science: From the Difficulties Regarding the Frontiers to the Concern about the Confines / Wenceslao J. Gonzalez Gonzalez, Wenceslao J. 3

The Uncertain Frontier between Scientific Theories and Metaphysical Research Programmes / Juan Arana Arana, Juan 31

Cognitive Problems and Practical Limits: Computers and Our Limitations / Nicholas Reseller Reseller, Nicholas 42

Part 2 Two Poles of Analysis: Language and Ethics

Language and the Limits of Science / Ladislav Kvasz Kvasz, Ladislav 69

Ethical Limits of Science, Especially Economics / Gereon Walters Walters, Gereon 94

Part 3 Epistemological Limits to Science

Predicting and Knowability: The Problem of Future Knowledge / Nicholas Rescher Rescher, Nicholas 115

The Limits of Future Knowledge: An Analysis of Nicholas Reseller's Epistemological Approach / Amanda Guillan Guillan, Amanda 134

The Limits of Information Science / Antonio Bereijo Bereijo, Antonio 150

Part 4 The Limits from Inside and the Limits from Outside

Rescher and Gadamer: Two Complementary Views of the Limits of Sciences / Alfredo Marcos Marcos, Alfredo 167

The Obstacles to Scientific Prediction: An Analysis of the Limits of Predictability from the Ontology of Science / Amanda Guillan Guillan, Amanda 183.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Limits of science

ISBN:

9789004325395

9004325395

OCLC:

950430800