1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458524803321

Autore

Oreskes Naomi

Titolo

The rejection of continental drift [[electronic resource] ] : theory and method in American earth science / / Naomi Oreskes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-756118-7

1-280-76154-7

9786610761548

0-19-535360-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

551.136

551.13601

Soggetti

Continental drift

Geology - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-403) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: The Instability of Scientific Truth; I: Not the Mechanism; II: Theory and Method; III: A Revolution in Acceptance; Epilogue: Utility and Truth; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why did American geologists reject the notion of continental drift, first posed in 1915? And why did British scientists view the theory as a pleasing confirmation? This text, based on archival resources, provides answers to these questions.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452701403321

Titolo

John R. Searle [[electronic resource] ] : thinking about the real world / / Dirk Franken, Attila Karakuş, Jan G. Michel (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt ; ; New Brunswick, : Ontos Verlag, 2010

ISBN

3-11-032619-1

3-11-032618-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Münstersche Vorlesungen zur Philosophie = Münster lectures on philosophy ; ; 13

Altri autori (Persone)

FrankenDirk

KarakuşAttila

MichelJan G

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Reality

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface by the Editors -- Acknowledgements / Searle, John R. -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: -- The Basic Reality and the Human Reality / Searle, John R. -- 2 Colloquium, Part I: -- Subjectivity as the Mark of the Mental / Brukamp, Kirsten / Franken, Dirk / Zekl, Diane -- Problems with Searle's Account of Intrinsic Intentionality / Franken, Dirk / Schweikard, David P. -- Searle's Biological Naturalism: A Typology / Bleckmann, Jana / Brukamp, Kirsten / Karakuş, Attila / Michel, Jan G. / Weber, Arne M. -- Searle on Mental Causation: / Krickel, Beate / Reutlinger, Alexander -- Acting on Gaps? John Searle's Conception of Free Will / Boström, Kim J. / Honnacker, Ana / Ziesche, Arnold -- 51 Years on: Searle on Proper Names Revisited / Bahr, Amrei / Michel, Jan G. / Müllan, Rudolf O. / Voltz, Mareike -- Searle on External Realism / Korbmacher, Johannes / Pohlmann, Markus / Schmoranzer, Sebastian / Seide, Ansgar -- Trivial, Platitudinous, Boring? Searle on Conceptual Relativism / Seidel, Markus / Weber, Arne M. -- The Role of Declarations in the Construction of Social Reality / Prien, Bernd / Skudlarek, Jan / Stolte, Sebastian -- Normative Validity through Descriptive Acceptability? / Rüther, Markus / Müller, Stephanie / Müller,



Johannes / Muders, Sebastian -- More Than Words Can Say: Searle on the Constitution of Social Facts / Bätge, Dennis / Göcke, Benedikt P. / Zeuch, Christian -- 3 Colloquium, Part II: -- Reply to "Subjectivity as the Mark of the Mental" / Searle, John R. -- Reply to "Problems with Searle's Account of Intrinsic Intentionality" / Searle, John R. -- Reply to "Searle's Biological Naturalism: A Typology" / Searle, John R. -- Reply to "Searle on Mental Causation: Biological Naturalism, or Something Near Enough" / Searle, John R. -- Reply to "Acting on Gaps? John Searle's Conception of Free Will" / Searle, John R. -- Reply to "51 Years on: Searle on Proper Names Revisited" / Searle, John R. -- Reply to "Searle on External Realism" / Searle, John R. -- Reply to "Trivial, Platitudinous, Boring? Searle on Conceptual Relativism" / Searle, John R. -- Reply to "The Role of Declarations in the Construction of Social Reality" / Searle, John R. -- Reply to "Normative Validity through Descriptive Acceptability? Why Searle's Theory of Social Reality Is Incomplete" / Searle, John R. -- Reply to "More Than Words Can Say: Searle on the Constitution of Social Facts" / Searle, John R.

Sommario/riassunto

John R. Searle is one of the world's leading philosophers. During his long and outstanding career, he has made groundbreaking and lasting contributions to the philosophy of language, to the philosophy of mind, as well as to the nature, structure, and functioning of social reality. This volume documents the 13th Münster Lectures on Philosophy with John R. Searle. It includes not only 11 critical papers on Searle's philosophy and Searle's replies to the papers, but also an original article by John R. Searle on his overall philosophical enterprise entitled ""The Basic Reality and the Human Realit