Bas van Fraassen: The Fortunes of Empiricism

The annual Münster Lectures in Philosophy, which started in 1997, have evolved as a highly renowned get-together of philosophers. The invited guest for the respective lecture gives a public talk and participates in a one- to two-day-colloquium with members of the Philosophical Seminar (staff and students) of the University of Münster. Lectures, contributions of participants and replies of the guest philosophers are published in this series.

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Bas van Fraassen: The Fortunes of Empiricism

The annual Münster Lectures in Philosophy, which started in 1997, have evolved as a highly renowned get-together of philosophers. The invited guest for the respective lecture gives a public talk and participates in a one- to two-day-colloquium with members of the Philosophical Seminar (staff and students) of the University of Münster. Lectures, contributions of participants and replies of the guest philosophers are published in this series.

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Bas van Fraassen: The Fortunes of Empiricism

Bas van Fraassen: The Fortunes of Empiricism

Bas van Fraassen: The Fortunes of Empiricism

Bas van Fraassen: The Fortunes of Empiricism

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The annual Münster Lectures in Philosophy, which started in 1997, have evolved as a highly renowned get-together of philosophers. The invited guest for the respective lecture gives a public talk and participates in a one- to two-day-colloquium with members of the Philosophical Seminar (staff and students) of the University of Münster. Lectures, contributions of participants and replies of the guest philosophers are published in this series.


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ISBN-13: 9783110325324
Publisher: De Gruyter
Publication date: 05/15/2006
Series: Munstersche Vorlesungen zur Philosophie Series , #9
Pages: 171
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

Table of Contents


Preface     9
List of Abbreviations     11
Lecture
Weyl's Paradox: The Distance Between Structure and Perspective   Bas C. pan Fraassen     13
Colloquium
Observability and the Epistemic Community   Simone Bahrenberg   Andreas Berg-Hildebrand   Carolin Kohne   Gordon Leonhard   Bernd Prien     35
To be Prussian or Not to be Prussian   Jochen Apel   Nikola Kompa   Sebastian Schmoranzer   Jorg Steinhaus     45
The Hardships of an Empiricist   Andreas Berg-Hildebrand   Christian Suhm     57
Experience Becoming Fully Literate   Marie Kaiser   Raja Rosenhagen   Christian Suhm     69
Indexical Truth and Anti-Metaphysical Inclinations   Raja Rosenhagen     81
There's Life in the Old Dog Yet!   Sebastian Muders   Matthias Pohl     93
Laws and Metaphysics   Marius Backmann   Christian Suhm   Michael Trappe     103
Empiricism Without Metaphysics?   Sebastian Muders     113
Replies   Bas C. van Fraassen     125
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