Dynamics of Reason

Name: Dynamics of Reason
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ISBN: 9781575862927

ISBN-10: 1575862921

ISBN-13: 9781575862927

Edition: 73rd 2001

Authors: Michael Friedman

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This book introduces a new approach to the issue of radical scientific revolutions, or "paradigm-shifts," given prominence in the work of Thomas Kuhn. The book articulates a dynamical and historicized version of the conception of scientific a priori principles first developed by the philosopher Immanuel Kant. This approach defends the Enlightenment ideal of scientific objectivity and universality while simultaneously doing justice to the revolutionary changes within the sciences that have since undermined Kant's original defense of this ideal. Through a modified Kantian approach to epistemology and philosophy of science, this book opposes both Quinean naturalistic holism and the…

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List price: $22.00
Edition: 73rd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: CSLI Publications/Center for the Study of Language & Information
Publication date: 3/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 155
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.90" long x 0.04" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Michael Friedman is a former music business executive & artist manager who has landed record deals for many prominent artists. Under his own record label, Vibra Cobra Records, he has launched the careers of several rock bands. He lives in Los Angeles, California.



Preface



The Lectures



The Idea of a Scientific Philosophy



Historical Perspectives on the Stratification of Knowledge



Rationality, Revolution, and the Community of Inquiry



Fruits of Discussion



The Relativized A Priori



A Priori Principles and Empirical Evidence



Rationality and Revolution



The Role of Philosophy



Other Problems, Other Sciences


References


Index