Ineffability and philosophy / / Andre Kukla |
Autore | Kukla Andre <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
Disciplina | 121/.68 |
Collana | Routledge studies in twentieth century philosophy |
Soggetto topico | Ineffable, The |
ISBN |
1-134-29970-2
1-134-29971-0 1-280-10630-1 0-203-32507-9 |
Classificazione | 11.02 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Ineffability and Philosophy; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1. Ineffability-the very idea; Indescribable entities; The Tarskian approach; Four or five grades of ineffability; Untranslatable languages; Inexpressible facts; Is the Tarskian criterion of ineffability vacuous?; 2. Mysticism, epistemic boundedness, and ineffability; The argument from epistemic boundedness; The argument from mysticism; 3. Believing the mystic; 4. Five types of ineffability; Unrepresentability; Unabducibility; Unselectability and unexecutability; Unreportability; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808624203321 |
Kukla Andre <1942-> | ||
London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Social constructivism and the philosophy of science / / Andre Kukla |
Autore | Kukla Andre <1942-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (181 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Philosophical issues in science |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Philosophy
Constructivism (Philosophy) |
ISBN |
1-134-56738-3
1-134-56739-1 1-280-32957-2 0-203-17149-7 0-203-13099-5 9786610329571 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Social Constructivism and the Philosophy of Science; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Defining constructivism; 2 Constructivism and the sociology of scientific knowledge; 3 The varieties of dependence; 4 The varieties of constitutive constructivisms; 5 The empirical case for constructivism; 6 The a priori case for constructivism; 7 Three brief and inadequate objections to constructivism; 8 The problem of misrepresentation; 9 Constructive empiricism and social constructivism; 10 The infinite regress of constructions; 11 The Duhemian asymmetry
12 The problem of the two societies13 Constructivism and time; 14 Constructivism and logic; 15 Relativism; 16 Semantic constructivism; 17 Irrationalism; 18 Conclusions; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910172257003321 |
Kukla Andre <1942-> | ||
New York, : Routledge, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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