The tenets of cognitive existentialism / Dimitri Ginev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ginev, Dimitŭr.

Series:

Series in Continental thought.

Series in Continental thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Research.

Hermeneutics.

Philosophy and science.

Existential phenomenology.

Feminist criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

In The Tenets of Cognitive Existentialism, Dimitri Ginev draws on developments in hermeneutic phenomenology and other programs in hermeneutic philosophy to inform an interpretative approach to scientific practices. At stake is the question of whether it is possible to integrate forms of reflection upon the ontological difference in the cognitive structure of scientific research. A positive answer would have implied a proof that (pace Heidegger) "science is able to think." This book is an extended version of such a proof. Against those who claim that modern science is doomed to be exclusively

Contents:

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: Rereading Heidegger's Existential Conception of Science; 2: Cognitive Existentialism and Science's Theoretical Objects; 3: Cognitive Existentialism and Biological Research; 4: Cognitive Existentialism and Postmodern Philosophy of Science; 5: Cognitive Existentialism and Feminist Philosophy of Science; 6: Cognitive Existentialism and the Critical Philosophy of Nature; Epilogue; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821443989

0821443984

OCLC:

884016730