Ideas for a Hermeneutic Phenomenology of the Natural Sciences

von J. J. Kockelmans

332 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

1: Notes on the History of the Philosophy of Science.- §1. Kant and the Kantian Tradition.- §2. The Empiricist Tradition Since Herschel and Mill.- §3. On the Origin of Conventionalism.- §4. Leading Schools and Trends in Philosophy of Science Today.- §5. Philosophy of Science: The Place of Hermeneutic Phenomenology.- 2: Hermeneutic Phenomenology on the Meaning and Function of Philosophy.- §1. Philosophy as a Critical Reflection on the Meaning of Being Which Takes its Starting Point in an Analytic of Man's Mode of Being.- §2. The Historical Character of Philosophy.- §3. Philosophy as Critical Reflection on Man's Experiences.- §4. Concluding Remarks.- 3: Basic Issues for an Ontology of the Natural Sciences.- §1. On the Hermeneutic Dimensions of the Natural Sciences.- §2. On the Problem of Truth in the Sciences.- §3. On Myth and Science. Some Hermeneutical Reflections.- 4: Critical Discussion of Some Basic Issues Raised in the Logic, Epistemology, History, and Ontology of the Natural Sciences.- §1. On Stegmüller's Critical Analysis of the Logico- Empiricist Debate About the Relationship Between Theory and Experience.- §2. On Induction: Popper and Hempel.- §3. On the Meaning of Scientific Revolutions.- §4. Reflections on Lakatos' Methodology of Scientific Research Programs.- §5. Hübner on the Nature of the Theories Developed in Physics.- §6. Beyond Realism and Idealism. A Response to Patrick Heelan.- 5: Toward a Hermeneutic Theory of the History of the Natural Sciences.- §1. Three Views on the Historicity of the History of Science.- §2. Critical Reflections.- Index of Names.- Index of Terms.

• Reihe: Contributions to Phenomenology
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Philosophie Themen der Philosophie Metaphysik und Ontologie
• ISBN: 9780792323648
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.07.1993
• Größe: 241 x 160 mm
• Verlag: Springer