Philosophy of Science and the Occult (Suny Series in Philosophy): Second Edition (Suny Philosophy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791402045 ISBN 13: 9780791402047

Verlag: State University of New York Press, 1990

Inhaltsangabe

This book both introduces the philosophy of science through examination of the occult and examines the occult rigorously enough to raise central issues in the philosophy of science. Placed in the context of the occult, philosophy of science issues become immediately understandable and forcefully compelling. Divergent views on astrology, parapsychology, and quantum mechanics mysticism emphasize topics standard to the philosophy of science. Such issues as confirmation and selection for testing, causality and time, explanation and the nature of scientific laws, the status of theoretical entities, the problem of demarcation, theory and observation, and science and values are discussed. Significantly revised, this second edition presents an entirely new section of quantum mechanics and mysticism including instructions from N. David Mermin for constructing a device which dramatically illustrates the genuinely puzzling phenomena of quantum mechanics. A more complete and current review of research on astrology has been included in this new edition, and the section on the problem of demarcation has been broadened.

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Patrick Grim is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has coedited eleven volumes of The Philosopher's Annual and has published a number of articles on logic and contemporary metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and ethics.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0791402045
• ISBN 13: 9780791402047
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 404
• Herausgeber: Grim Patrick
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