书名: Smoke and Mirrors: How Science Reflects Reality (Philosophical Issues in Science)
作者: James Robert Brown (Author)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (March 15, 1994)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415091810
ISBN-13: 978-0415091817
Book Description
In Smoke and Mirrors, James Robert Brown fights back against figures such as Richard Rorty, Bruno Latour, Michael Ruse and Hilary Putnam who have attacked realistic accounts of science. This enlightening work also demonstrates that science mirrors the world in amazing ways. The metaphysics and epistemology of science, the role of abstraction, abstract objects, and a priori ways of getting at reality are all examined in this fascinating exploration of how science reflects reality.
Both a defense of science and knowledge in general and a defense of a particular way of understanding science, Smoke and Mirrors will be provocative and lively reading for all those who have an interest in how science works.
Review
"This is a simply splendid book. Jim Brown argues with vigor and wit for a strongly positive view of scientific realism. He puts his own arguments fairly and openly, showing that no one should lightly dismiss his case. In a comprehensive review, which itself justifies the work, he presents the positions of those whom he would refute with clarity and sympathy. Taking on a multitude of recent advocates of scientific anti-realism, he shows their weaknesses with a scalpel-like critical faculty. As one who is at the receiving end of Brown's attack, I very much hope that he is wrong. I fear he may be right." -- Michael Ruse, University of Guelph
About the Author
James Robert Brown is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is the author of The Rational and the Social and The Laboratory of the Mind, both published by Routledge.
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作者: James Robert Brown (Author)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (March 15, 1994)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415091810
ISBN-13: 978-0415091817
Book Description
In Smoke and Mirrors, James Robert Brown fights back against figures such as Richard Rorty, Bruno Latour, Michael Ruse and Hilary Putnam who have attacked realistic accounts of science. This enlightening work also demonstrates that science mirrors the world in amazing ways. The metaphysics and epistemology of science, the role of abstraction, abstract objects, and a priori ways of getting at reality are all examined in this fascinating exploration of how science reflects reality.
Both a defense of science and knowledge in general and a defense of a particular way of understanding science, Smoke and Mirrors will be provocative and lively reading for all those who have an interest in how science works.
Review
"This is a simply splendid book. Jim Brown argues with vigor and wit for a strongly positive view of scientific realism. He puts his own arguments fairly and openly, showing that no one should lightly dismiss his case. In a comprehensive review, which itself justifies the work, he presents the positions of those whom he would refute with clarity and sympathy. Taking on a multitude of recent advocates of scientific anti-realism, he shows their weaknesses with a scalpel-like critical faculty. As one who is at the receiving end of Brown's attack, I very much hope that he is wrong. I fear he may be right." -- Michael Ruse, University of Guelph
About the Author
James Robert Brown is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is the author of The Rational and the Social and The Laboratory of the Mind, both published by Routledge.
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