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 ; Volume 109.

Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, 0303-8157 ; Volume 109

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill Rodopi, 2016.

Summary:

The problem of the limits of science is twofold. First, there is the problem of demarcation, id est, 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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Wenceslao J. Gonzalez

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

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

Cognitive Problems and Practical Limits: Computers and Our Limitations / Nicholas Rescher

Language and the Limits of Science / Ladislav Kvasz

Ethical Limits of Science, Especially Economics / Gereon Wolters

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

The Limits of Future Knowledge: An Analysis of Nicholas Rescher’s Epistemological Approach / Amanda Guillan

The Limits of Information Science / Antonio Bereijo

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

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

Index of Names / Wenceslao J. Gonzalez

Subject Index / Wenceslao J. Gonzalez.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-32540-9

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004325401 DOI