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|a Bunge, Mario
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|a Evaluating Philosophies
|h Elektronische Ressource
|c by Mario Bunge
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|a 1st ed. 2012
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|b Springer Netherlands
|c 2012, 2012
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|a Preface -- Introduction.- A. How to Nuture of Hinder Research -- 1 Philosophies and phobosophies -- 2 The philosophical matrix of scientific progress -- 3 Systemics and materalism -- B. Philosophy in Action -- 4 Technoscience? -- 5 Climate and logic -- 6 Information Science: one or many? -- 7 Wealth and wellbeing -- 8 Can standard economic theory explain crises? -- 9 Marxism: Promise and reality -- 10 Rules of law: Just and unjust -- C Philosophical Gaps.- 11 Are subjective probabilities admissible? -- 12 Can induction deliver high-level hypotheses? .- 13 Bridging theory to data -- 14 Energy: physics or metaphysics? -- 15 Does quantum physics refute realism? -- 16 Parallel universes? ¿Digital physics? -- 17 Can functionalist psychology explain? -- 18 Knowledge pyramids and rosettes -- 19 Existence: one or two? -- 20 Conclusion: Evaluation Criterion -- 21 Glossary.
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|a Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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|a Philosophies, whether genuine or spurious, are not usually adopted because of their conceptual, empirical, or moral merits, but because of tradition, political interests, or even temperament–none of which is a good reason. The present book argues for a precise criterion: A philosophy is worth what it helps learn, act, conserve our common heritage, and get along with fellow humans
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