Philosophy and the 'Dazzling Ideal' of Science

by Graham Mcfee

Book Overview

Recent decades have seen attacks on philosophy as an irrelevant field of inquiry when compared with science. In this book, Graham McFee defends the claims of philosophy against attempts to minimize either philosophy's possibility or its importance by deploying a contrast with what Wittgenstein characterized as the "dazzling ideal" of science. This 'dazzling ideal' incorporates both the imagined completeness of scientific explanation--whereby...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030216772
• ISBN13: 9783030216771
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"