Bas van Fraassen's Philosophy of Science and His Epistemic Voluntarism

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 653-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Okruhlik
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Epistemic Voluntarism

Suspension of Belief and Epistemologies of Science

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjan Chakravartty
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Scientific Theories ◽  
Precise Location ◽  
Epistemic Voluntarism

Epistemological disputes in the philosophy of science often focus on the question of how restrained or expansive one should be in interpreting our best scientific theories and models. For example, some empiricist philosophers countenance only belief in their observable content, while realists of different sorts extend belief (in incompatible ways, reflecting their different versions of realism) to strictly unobservable entities, structures, events, and processes. I analyze these disputes in terms of differences regarding where to draw a line between domains in which one has warrant for belief and those in which one should suspend belief and thus remain sceptical. I consider and defend the idea that the precise location of this line is subject to a form of epistemic voluntarism, and argue that a Pyrrhonian reading of the basis of such voluntaristic choice is both natural and transformative of our understanding of these debates.

How the Cold War Transformed Philosophy of Science

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
George A. Reisch
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
The Cold War

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent W. Staley
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science

Realism, pragmatism, and the implications of the new philosophy of science for psychology.

1984 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 919-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley A. Mulaik
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science

An AI-Based Philosophy of Science

1990 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-275
Author(s):  
William Bechtel
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science

Balance Is the Key: A Perspective on Mental Health Practice From the Philosophy of Science.

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele A. Schottenbauer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Mental Health Practice

Philosophy of Science Applied to Psychology’s Ethics

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet R. Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science

The Modern Aristotle: Michael Polanyi’s Search for Truth against Nihilism

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Hoinski ◽  
Ronald Polansky
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Michael Polanyi ◽  
Contemporary Philosophy ◽  
The Face ◽  
Human Desire ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Theoretical Science

David Hoinski and Ronald Polansky’s “The Modern Aristotle: Michael Polanyi’s Search for Truth against Nihilism” shows how the general tendencies of contemporary philosophy of science disclose a return to the Aristotelian emphasis on both the formation of dispositions to know and the role of the mind in theoretical science. Focusing on a comparison of Michael Polanyi and Aristotle, Hoinski and Polansky investigate to what degree Aristotelian thought retains its purchase on reality in the face of the changes wrought by modern science. Polanyi’s approach relies on several Aristotelian assumptions, including the naturalness of the human desire to know, the institutional and personal basis for the accumulation of knowledge, and the endorsement of realism against objectivism. Hoinski and Polansky emphasize the promise of Polanyi’s neo-Aristotelian framework, which argues that science is won through reflection on reality.

The Science in Hume's Science of Man

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-271
Author(s):  
Tamás Demeter
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Dynamic Theory ◽  
Newtonian Dynamic ◽  
The Mind

This paper sketches a recently emerging divide between two interpretations of Hume's methodology and philosophy of science. On the first interpretation Hume relies on an inductive methodology and provides a (Newtonian) dynamic theory of the mind, and his philosophy of science reflects this methodology. On the second, Hume relies on inferences to the best explanation via comparative analysis of instances, and offers an anatomy of the mind relying on a chemical and organic imagery. The paper also aspires to lean the reader's sympathies toward the latter interpretation while outlining some of its potential consequences for the character of Hume's psychology, the limits of associationism, and his empiricism.

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