Philosophy of Language and the Challenge of Critical Realism 2004书籍

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1、PhilosophyofLanguageandtheChallengetoScientificRealismInthisbookChristopherNorrisdevelopsthecaseforscientificrealismbytack-lingvariousadversaryargumentsfromarangeofanti-realistpositions.Throughaclosecriticalreadingheshowshowtheyfailtomakeadequatesenseonanyrational,consistent,andscientificallyinf

2、ormedsurveyoftheevidence.Alongthewayheincorporatesanumberofdetailedcase-studiesfromthehistoryandphilosophyofscience.Norrisdevotesmuchofhisdiscussiontosomeprominentandwidelyinfluen-tialsource-textsofanti-realism.Thistreatmentembracesarangeofcognatepositions,fromtheparadigm-relativistapproachofTho

3、masKuhntotheformof‘internal’(framework-relative)realismproposedbyHilaryPutnam.Alsoincludedarethesophisticatedversionsofverificationism,developed–albeitinverydifferentways–bythinkerssuchasMichaelDummettandBasvanFraassen.CentraltoNorris’scaseisaprolongedengagementwiththeoncehighlyinfluen-tialbutno

4、wadaysneglectedworkofNorwoodRussellHanson.Thefocusthroughoutisonthosesymptomaticmomentswhenanti-realismcanbeseentoencounterresistancefromitsown(unacknowledged)ontologicalcommitmentsorthroughtheimpossibilityofpressingitsclaimtoacoherentorexplanatorilyadequateconclusion.Examplesrangefromtheclashbe

5、tweenthetwoworld-systemsofPtolemaicandCopernicanastronomytothelong-runningdisputeaboutquantumtheoryanditsimplicationsforourbasicunderstandingofthenatureofphysicalreality.Norrismakestheargumentforcriticalrealismastheonlyapproachthatpointsawaybeyondthesedeep-laidconceptualproblems.Thisbookwillbewe

6、lcomedespeciallybyreaderswhopossesssomeknowl-edgeofthebackgrounddebateandwhowishtodeepenandextendtheirunderstandingoftheseissuesbeyondanintroductorylevel.ChristopherNorrisisDistinguishedResearchProfessorinPhilosophyatCardiffUniversityinWales.HehasbeenVisitingProfessoratvariousinstitutionsincludi

7、ngtheUniversityofBerkeley,California,TheCityUniversityofNewYorkGraduateCenter,andtheUniversityofSantiagodeCompostela,Spain.Hehaspublishedextensivelyonvariousaspectsofphilosophyandcriticaltheory.Criticalrealism:interventionsE