La philosophie contemporaine / Contemporary philosophy Chroniques nouvelles / A new survey

La philosophie contemporaine / Contemporary philosophy Chroniques nouvelles / A new survey / edited by Guttorm Fløistad.

The present publication is a continuation of two earlier series of chronicles, Philosophy in the Mid-Century (Firenze 1958/59) and Contemporary Philosophy (Firenze 1968), edited by Raymond Klibansky. As with the earlier series the present chronicles purport to give a survey of significant trends in...

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Other Authors: Fløistad, Guttorm (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1982.
Edition:1st ed. 1982.
Series:Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey ; 2
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Modern philosophy.
Philosophy and science.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents/Table des matières
  • The Erklären-Verstehen controversy in the philosophy of the natural and human sciences
  • Causation and teleology in contemporary philosophy of science
  • Paradigms
  • Rationality
  • The revival of causality
  • Statistical explanation
  • Simulation and self-organization of mind
  • Philosophy of quantum mechanics
  • Some central problems in the philosophy of space and time
  • Philosophy and biology
  • Issues relating to the meaning of psychology as a science
  • The right not to be hungry
  • Philosophy of technology
  • Le structuralisme français
  • Hermeneutics
  • Abbreviations used by some contributors
  • Index of names
  • Index of subjects.

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