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Critical Rationalism, Metaphysics and Science

Essays for Joseph Agassi Volume I

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Editors:
  1. I. C. Jarvie

    1. York University, Toronto, Canada

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  2. Nathaniel Laor

    1. Tel-Aviv University, Israel
      Child Study Center, Yale University, USA

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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 161)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Metaphysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Universals as Tyrants and as Mediators

      • Paul K. Feyerabend
      Pages 3-14

    3. On Our Difficulties in Finding the Right Words

      • Ben-Ami Scharfstein
      Pages 15-27

    4. The Confrontation

      • Abner Shimony
      Pages 29-32

    5. Epiphenomenalism and Human Freedom

      • John Watkins
      Pages 33-39

    6. Religion, Science, and the Myth of the Framework

      • Hans Albert
      Pages 41-58

    7. You Can’t have Science as Your Religion!

      • Tom Settle
      Pages 59-90

    8. Religion and Rational Philosophy: Coming of Age

      • Nathaniel Laor
      Pages 91-129

  3. Logic, Reasoning, and Philosophy of Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Peano, Logicism, and Formalism

      • Michael Segre
      Pages 133-142

    3. How Little Uniformity Need an Inductive Inference Presuppose?

      • David Miller
      Pages 143-148

    4. The Poverty of Rational Choice Theory

      • Mario Bunge
      Pages 149-168

    5. Criticism, Reasoning, and Judgment in Science

      • Maurice A. Finocchiaro
      Pages 169-191

    6. Towards a Popperian Sociology of Science: The Problem of Credit

      • Noretta Koertge
      Pages 193-210

    7. The Mathematics of Philosophy: A Brief Review of My Work

      • I. J. Good
      Pages 211-238

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 239-266
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About this book

I suppose Joseph Agassi's best and dearest self-description, his cher­ ished wish, is to practice what his 1988 book promises: The Gentle Art of Philosophical Polemics. But for me, and for so many who know him, our Agassi is tough-minded, not tender, not so gentle. True to his beloved critical thinking, he is ever the falsificationist, testing himself of course as much as everyone else. How, he asks himself, can he engage others in their own self-critical exploration? Irritate? Question their logic, their facts, their presuppositions, their rationales? Subvert their reasoning, uncover their motives? Help them to lose their balance, but always help them, make them do it to, and for, themselves. Out of their own mouths, and minds, and imagination. A unique teacher, in classroom and out; not for everyone. Agassi is not quite a tight textual Talmudist disputant, not quite the competitor in the marketplace of ideas offered for persuasive sale, not quite the clever cross-examining lawyer advocate, not quite a philosopher-scientist, not a sceptic more than necessary, not quite embat­ tled in the bloody world but not ever above the battle either . . . but a good deal of all of these, and steeped in intelligence and good will.

Editors and Affiliations

  • York University, Toronto, Canada

    I. C. Jarvie

  • Tel-Aviv University, Israel

    Nathaniel Laor

  • Child Study Center, Yale University, USA

    Nathaniel Laor

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Critical Rationalism, Metaphysics and Science

  • Book Subtitle: Essays for Joseph Agassi Volume I

  • Editors: I. C. Jarvie, Nathaniel Laor

  • Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0471-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2960-2Published: 31 December 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4211-6Published: 04 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-0471-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 266

  • Topics: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Logic, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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