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Constructivism and Science

Essays in Recent German Philosophy

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Robert E. Butts

    1. The University of Western Ontario, Canada

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  2. James Robert Brown

    1. University of Toronto, Canada

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Part of the book series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science (WONS, volume 44)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Constructivism and the Logic of Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Science, a Rational Enterprise?

      • Kuno Lorenz
      Pages 3-18

    3. The Philosophy of Science And Its Logic

      • Carl Friedrich Gethmann
      Pages 19-45

    4. The Pragmatic Understanding of Language and the Argumentative Function of Logic

      • Friedrich Kambartel
      Pages 47-57

    5. Rules Versus Theorems

      • Kuno Lorenz
      Pages 59-76

    6. On ‘Transcendental’

      • Jürgen Mittelstrass
      Pages 77-102

  3. Constructivism and Protoscience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Philosophy and the Problem of the Foundations of Mathematics

      • Christian Thiel
      Pages 105-126

    3. Geometry as the Measure-Theoretic a Priori of Physics

      • Paul Lorenzen
      Pages 127-144

    4. The Concept of Mass

      • Peter Janich
      Pages 145-162

    5. On the Definition of ‘Probability’

      • Paul Lorenzen
      Pages 163-170

  4. Constructivism and the Value Sciences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. Practical Reason and the Justification of Norms. Fundamental Problems in the Construction of a Theory of Practical Justification

      • Oswald Schwemmer
      Pages 173-190

    3. Protoethics: Towards a Formal Pragmatics of Justificatory Discourse

      • Carl Friedrich Gethmann
      Pages 191-220

    4. Interests

      • Jürgen Mittelstrass
      Pages 221-239

    5. Is Rational Economics as an Empirical-Quantitative Science Possible?

      • Friedrich Kambartel
      Pages 241-255

    6. Determination by Reality or Construction of Reality?

      • Peter Janich
      Pages 257-269

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 271-289
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About this book

The idea to produce the current volume was conceived by Jiirgen Mittelstrass and Robert E. Butts in 1978. Idealist philosophers are wrong about one thing: the temporal gap separating idea and reality can be very long indeed - even ten or so years! Problems of timing were joined by personal problems and by the pressure of other professional commitments. Fortunately, James Brown agreed to cooperate in the editing of the volume; the infusion of his usual energy, good judgement and good-natured promptness saved the volume and made its produc­ tion possible. Despite the delays, the messages of the papers included in the book have not gone stale. An extremely worthwhile exercise in international philosophical cooperation has come to fruition; the German constructivist philosophical position is here represented in papers in English that will make its contemporary importance available to a larger audience. The editors owe thanks to many persons. All involved in the project owe much to the interest and support of Nicholas Rescher, a friend of the undertaking from the time of its inception. My review of the translations was helped immensely by Andrea Purvis' careful copy editing of the typescript. Most of all, however, we owe gratitude and admiration for the tireless efforts on behalf of this enterprise to Jiirgen Mittelstrass.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The University of Western Ontario, Canada

    Robert E. Butts

  • University of Toronto, Canada

    James Robert Brown

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Constructivism and Science

  • Book Subtitle: Essays in Recent German Philosophy

  • Editors: Robert E. Butts, James Robert Brown

  • Series Title: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0959-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0251-3Published: 31 October 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6921-2Published: 04 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0959-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1566-659X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1974

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 304

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Logic, History, general, Modern Philosophy

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