The Material Realization of Science From Habermas to Experimentation and Referential Realism
The book addresses the topical issue of scientific realism and it proposes a detailed account of a referential realism. This account exploits several fruitful ideas of Jürgen Habermas, it builds on an analysis of scientific experimentation, and it is developed through an in-depth case study of the h...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2012, 2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012 |
| Series: | Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The book addresses the topical issue of scientific realism and it proposes a detailed account of a referential realism. This account exploits several fruitful ideas of Jürgen Habermas, it builds on an analysis of scientific experimentation, and it is developed through an in-depth case study of the history of quantum mechanics. The Revised edition, with a new postscript situates the book within the recent debates on the issues under discussion |
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| Physical Description: | XX, 208 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9789400741072 |