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Rationality and Reality Colin Cheyne

Rationality and Reality By Colin Cheyne

Rationality and Reality by Colin Cheyne


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Alan Musgrave has consistently defended two positions that he regards as commonsensical: critical realism and critical rationalism. Rather than a standard celebratory festschrift, this book offers a new examination of topics of current interest in philosophy. The contributory essays are followed by responses from Alan Musgrave himself.

Rationality and Reality Summary

Rationality and Reality: Conversations with Alan Musgrave by Colin Cheyne

Alan Musgrave has consistently defended two positions that he regards as commonsensical: critical realism and critical rationalism. In this volume a group of internationally-renowned authors discuss themes that are relevant in one way or another to Musgrave's work. Rather than a standard celebratory festschrift, this book offers a new examination of topics of current interest in philosophy. The contributory essays are followed by responses from Alan Musgrave himself.

Table of Contents

Editors' Introduction 1. Methodological Rules, Rationality, and Truth :Volker Gadenne 2. Where Does the Burden of Theory Lie?: Gregory Currie 3. Testimony, Induction and Reasonable Belief: Colin Cheyne 4. Critical Rationalism and its Failure to Withstand Critical Scrutiny: Deborah Mayo 5. Theory-Confirmation and History: John Worrall 6. Why is it Rational to Believe Scientific Theories are True?: Howard Sankey 7. Thinking about the Ultimate Argument for Realism: Stathis Psillos 8. The Unseen World: Michael Redhead 9. Why Alan Musgrave Should Become an Essentialist: Alan Chalmers 10. The Metaphysics of Realism and Structural Realism: Robert Nola 11. Scientific Realism and Mathematical Nominalism: A Marriage Made in Hell: Mark Colyvan 12. A Methodological Critique of the Semantic Conception of Theories: Noretta Koertge 13. A Refutation of Peircean idealism: Graham Oddie 14. Historiography as a Hypothetico-Deductive Science: A Criticism of Methodological Historism : Hans Albert 15. Ptolemy's Musical Models for Mind-Maps and Star-Maps: Andrew Barker 16. Responses: Alan Musgrave Notes on Contributors Index

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NLS9789048170722
9789048170722
9048170729
Rationality and Reality: Conversations with Alan Musgrave by Colin Cheyne
New
Paperback
Springer
2011-10-10
326
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