Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: Rereading Heidegger's Existential Conception of Science; 2: Cognitive Existentialism and Science's Theoretical Objects; 3: Cognitive Existentialism and Biological Research; 4: Cognitive Existentialism and Postmodern Philosophy of Science; 5: Cognitive Existentialism and Feminist Philosophy of Science; 6: Cognitive Existentialism and the Critical Philosophy of Nature; Epilogue; Notes; References; Index.
Summary
In The Tenets of Cognitive Existentialism, Dimitri Ginev draws on developments in hermeneutic phenomenology and other programs in hermeneutic philosophy to inform an interpretative approach to scientific practices. At stake is the question of whether it is possible to integrate forms of reflection upon the ontological difference in the cognitive structure of scientific research. A positive answer would have implied a proof that (pace Heidegger) "science is able to think." This book is an extended version of such a proof. Against those who claim that modern science.
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