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Philosophy of science : the link between science and philosophy / Philipp Frank.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frank, Philipp, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 394 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J : Prentice-Hall, 1957.
- Summary:
- "A main purpose of the present book is to show that one does not need to diminish research and teaching in science in order to enhance interest in the moral and philosophical aspects of the world. The fact is stressed that the deeper we dig into actual science the more its links with philosophy become obvious. In this book, we attempt to start from the way in which science is understood by the scientist in his most creative and critical moods. However, we shall also attempt to establish links with the historical types of philosophy like idealism and materialism that have actually served as supports of moral, religious, and political creeds"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
- Contents:
- Introduction. Of What Use Is the Philosophy of Science?
- The Rift Between Science and Philosophy
- The Missing Link Between Science and the Humanities
- Science as the Balance of Mind
- Is the Scientist a ``Learned Ignoramus''?
- Technological and Philosophical Interest in Science
- Obsolete Philosophies in the Writings of Scientists
- Information or ``Understanding''?
- Footnotes for the Introduction
- The Chain That Links Science With Philosophy
- Facts and Concepts
- Patterns of Description
- Understanding by Analogy
- Aristotle's Scheme of Natural Science
- From ``Confused Aggregates'' to ``Intelligible Principles,''
- ``Science'' and ``Philosophy'' as Two Ends of One Chain
- The ``Scientific'' and the ``Philosophical'' Criteria of Truth
- The Practical Use of ``Philosophic Truth,''
- The Rupture of the Chain
- How the Rupture Occurred
- Organismic and Mechanistic Philosophy
- The Role of ``Extrascientific'' Reasons
- Footnotes.
- Notes:
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