Philosophy, Science, and Sense Perception: Historical and Critical Studies

By Maurice Mandelbaum, Mandelbaum. Maurice, Professor Maurice Mandelbaum, et al.

Book Overview

In four essays, Professor Mandelbaum challenges some of the most common assumptions of contemporary epistemology. Through historical analyses and critical argument, he attempts to show that one cannot successfully sever the connections between philosophic and scientific accounts of sense perception. While each essay is independent of the others, and the argument of each must therefore be judged on its own merits, one theme is common to all: that critical realism, as Mandelbaum calls it, is a viable epistemological position, even though some schools of thought hold it in low esteem.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421431696
• ISBN13: 9781421431697
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher