The philosophy of Philip Kitcher / edited by Mark Couch and Jessica Pfeifer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Couch, Mark, editor.

Pfeifer, Jessica, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kitcher, Philip, 1947-.

Kitcher, Philip.

Philosophy, Modern--20th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Philosophy, Modern--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 313 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Philosophy of Philip Kitcher offers an examination of the work of Philip Kitcher. It contains chapters written by leading scholars on Kitcher's work, as well as Kitcher's replies to these authors.

Contents:

1. Kitcher Against the Platonists / Gideon Rosen

2. Kitcher's Two Design Stances / Karen Neander

3. Proximate and Ultimate Information in Biology / Paul E. Griffiths

4. Bringing Real Realism Back Home: A Perspectival Slant / Michela Massimi

5. Unificationism, Explanatory Internalism, and Autonomy / James Woodward

6. Special-Science Autonomy and the Division of Labor / Michael Strevens

7. Toward a Political Philosophy of Science / John Dupré

8. Kitcher on Science, Democracy, and Human Flourishing / Lorraine Daston

9. Deliberating Policy: Where Morals and Methods Mix / Nancy Cartwright and Alexandre Marcellesi

10. Function and Truth in Ethics / Michael Smith

11. What to Do While Religions Evolve Before Our Very Eyes / Daniel Dennett.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-062469-8

0-19-938137-2

0-19-938136-4