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Collected Works

Scientific Rationality, the Human Condition, and 20th Century Cosmologies

  • Hardback
  • 304 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

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For students and enthusiasts of philosophy and science

Clarifies the distinction between science and non-science

You will grasp complex philosophical ideas with ease

This volume collects the influential essays of Adolf Grunbaum on scientific rationality and the human condition.

Adolf Grunbaum is one of the giants of 20th century philosophy of science. This volume is the first of three collecting his most essential and highly influential work. The essays collected in this first volume focus on three related areas. They discuss scientific rationality-the problem of what it takes for a theory to be called scientific, and ask whether it is plausible to draw a clear distinction between science and non-science as was famously proposed by Karl Popper. They delve into the debate between determinism and indeterminism, in both science and in the humanities. Grunbaum defends the position of the Humane Determinist, which then leads to a thorough criticism of the current theological approaches to ethics and morality-where Grunbaum defends an explicit Secular Humanism-as well as of prominent theistic interpretations of twentieth century physical cosmologies. The second volume is devoted to Grunbaum's writings on the Philosophy of Physics and Space-Time, and the third to his lectures on the Philosophy of Psychology and Psychoanalysis, including his 1985 Gifford Lectures, which are to be published for the first time.
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  • Title

    Collected Works

  • Author

    Adolf Grunbaum (andrew Mellon Professor Of Philosophy Of Science, Andrew Mellon Professor Of Philosophy Of Science, University Of Pittsburgh)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    September 2013

  • Weight

    632g

  • Page Count

    304

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780199989928

  • ISBN-10

    0199989923

  • Eden Code

    4071281