| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 216 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities,
0303-8157 ;
volume 109
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Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; v. 109.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
The Limits of Science: An Analysis from "Barriers" to "Confines"; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface: The Problem of the Limits of Science in the Present Context; Notes on Contributors; Part 1: Limits as Frontiers and as Confines; Rethinking the Limits of Science: From the Difficulties Regarding the Frontiers to the Concern about the Confines; The Uncertain Frontier between Scientific Theories and Metaphysical Research Programmes; Cognitive Problems and Practical Limits: Computers and Our Limitations; Part 2: Two Poles of Analysis: Language and Ethics; Language and the Limits of Science. |
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Ethical Limits of Science, Especially EconomicsPart 3: Epistemological Limits to Science; Predicting and Knowability: The Problem of Future Knowledge; The Limits of Future Knowledge: An Analysis of Nicholas Rescher's Epistemological Approach; The Limits of Information Science; Part 4: The Limits from Inside and the Limits from Outside; Rescher and Gadamer: Two Complementary Views of the Limits of Sciences; The Obstacles to Scientific Prediction: An Analysis of the Limits of Predictability from the Ontology of Science; Index of Names; Subject Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
González, Wenceslao J., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Limits of science. Leiden ; Boston : Brill-Rodopi, 2016 9789004325395 (DLC) 2016028031 |
| ISBN |
9004325409 (electronic book) |
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9789004325401 (electronic book) |
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9789004325395 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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