Dewey's Philosophy of Science

By Roberto Gronda

Book Overview

Introduction
Chapter 1. Experience1.1. The Semantic Identity Thesis1.2. Experience as Life-Behavior1.3. Experience as Method1.4. Forms of Experience
Chapter 2. Language2.1. Language as Activity: A Shift of Paradigm2.2. Significance and Meaning2.3. Semantic Externalism and Practical Agreement2.4. Dewey's Pragmatist Account of Concepts2.5. Common Sense and Scientific Concepts
Chapter 3. Inquiry3.1. The Biological Basis of Inquiry3.2. The Internal Conditions of Inquiry3.3. The Normativity of the Situation3.4. Truth and Warranted Assertibility
Chapter 4. Construction4.1. How are Synthetic Judgments Possible?4.2. The Construction of Evidence4.3. The Constitutive Function of the A Priori4.4. The Construction of Objectivity
Chapter 5. Realism5.1. Reichenbach's Interpretation and Dewey's Reply5.2. Dewey, the Structural Realist5.3. Is Dewey's a Structural Realist?5.4. Dewey's Expressivist Realism

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030375641
• ISBN13: 9783030375645
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"