Carnap's ideal of explication and naturalism

Carnap's ideal of explication and naturalism

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The book consists of a series of chapters on Carnap's ideal of explication asan alternative to the naturalistic conceptions of science, setting it in its historical context, discussing specific cases of explications, and enriching the on-going debate on conceptual engineering and naturalism in analytic philosophy. PIERRE WAGNER 'Maître de conférences' at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and a member of the IHPST, France and former Fellow of École normale supérieure of Paris, doctor in philosophy. His publications include la Machineen logique (1998), les Philosophes et la science (editor, 2002), la Philosophie des sciences (2 vols) (co-editor with Laugier, 2004), l'Âge d'or de l'empirisme logique (co-editor with Bonnet, 2006), la logique (2007), Mathématiques et expérience, 1918b 1940 (co-editor with Jacques Bouveresse, 2008) and Carnap's logical Syntax (2009). INDICE: Series Editor's Foreword - Notes on Contributors - Notes on References - Introduction; P.Wagner - PART I: HISTORICAL SITUATION OF CARNAP'S IDEALOF EXPLICATION - Carnap's Place in Analytic Philosophy and Philosophy of Science; 'A.Richardson - 'Carnap, Pseudo-Problems, and Ontological Questions; 'G.Gabriel - 'Carnap, Turing and Wittgenstein: Contrasting Notions of Analysis; 'J.Floyd - 'Rudolf Carnap and the Legacy of Aufklärung; 'J.Bouveresse - 'Carnap's Boundless Ocean of Unlimited Possibilities: Between Enlightenment and Romanticism; 'T.Mormann - 'PART II: CARNAP'S IDEAL OF EXPLICATION: CRITICAL ASSESSMENTS AND EXAMPLES - Carnap's Conception of Philosophy; 'W.Kienzler - 'CarnapianExplication: A Case Study and Critique; 'E.Reck - 'The Bipartite Conception of Metatheory and the Dialectical Conception of Explication; 'T.Uebel - 'Explicating 'analytic'; 'S.Awodey - 'Carnap and the Semantical Explication of Analyticity; 'P.de Rouilhan - 'PART III: THE CONTEMPORARY DEBATE - Before Explication; 'R.Creath - 'Natural Languages, Formal Systems, and Explication; 'P.Wagner - 'Rational Reconstruction, Explication, and the Rejection of Metaphysics; 'M.Friedman - 'The Perils of Pollyanna; 'M.Wilson - 'Engineers and Drifters: The Ideal of Explication and its Critics; 'A.Carus - 'Bibliography - Index -

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-28259-9
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 288
  • Fecha Publicación: 23/03/2012
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés