Roscoe J. The theory of science: a philosophical investigation into the symbolic reduction of experience. - Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 2010. - xiv, 251 p.: ill. - Bibliogr.: p.247-248. - Ind.: p.249-251. - ISBN-10 0-7734-3609-X; ISBN-13 978-0-7734-3609-1  Место хранения:   035 | Объединенный институт истории, филологии и философии СО РАН | Новосибирск | Библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

PREFACE ...................................................... xiii INTRODUCTION .................................................... 1 1 INTUITION .................................................... 9 1 Representation ............................................ 9 2 Understanding ............................................ 10 3 Thinking ................................................. 11 4 Semantics ................................................ 12 5 Syntax ................................................... 14 6 Syntactico-Semantic Integrity ............................ 16 7 Models ................................................... 17 8 Ampliation ............................................... 20 9 Empirical Reality ........................................ 21 10 Lebenswelt ............................................... 23 11 Time ..................................................... 24 12 Causation ................................................ 25 13 Subjectivity ............................................. 26 14 Hermeneutics ............................................. 28 15 Weltanschauung ........................................... 30 16 Occultism ................................................ 32 17 Scientism ................................................ 36 18 Summary .................................................. 41 2 INSIGHT ..................................................... 43 19 Geometry ................................................. 43 20 Experiment ............................................... 45 21 Articulation ............................................. 47 22 Exploration .............................................. 48 23 Necessity ................................................ 49 24 Model Types .............................................. 50 25 Certainty ................................................ 52 26 Bedrock .................................................. 56 27 Genius ................................................... 58 28 Summary .................................................. 60 3 REASON ...................................................... 63 29 Warranty ................................................. 63 30 Number ................................................... 64 31 Hypothesis ............................................... 68 32 Confirmation ............................................. 68 33 Critique ................................................. 70 34 Coherence ................................................ 71 35 Analogy .................................................. 72 36 Induction ................................................ 75 37 Deduction ................................................ 76 38 Absurdity ................................................ 80 39 Theorems ................................................. 83 40 Interpretation ........................................... 84 41 Axiomatization ........................................... 86 42 Formal Logic ............................................. 89 43 Paradox .................................................. 93 44 Undecidability ........................................... 94 45 Summary .................................................. 97 4 REPRESENTATION .............................................. 99 46 Models ................................................... 99 47 Spurious Models ......................................... 101 48 Space ................................................... 106 49 Antinomy ................................................ 108 50 Curved Space ............................................ 109 51 Hyperspace .............................................. 112 52 Space-Time .............................................. 114 53 Automation .............................................. 117 54 Simulation .............................................. 123 55 Summary ................................................. 127 5 SYMMETRY ................................................... 129 56 Pattern ................................................. 129 57 Randomness .............................................. 130 58 Normality ............................................... 132 59 Natural Form ............................................ 134 60 Sufficient Reason ....................................... 135 61 Symmetry Operations ..................................... 137 62 Limitation .............................................. 139 63 Invariance .............................................. 141 64 Nexus ................................................... 144 65 Heuristic ............................................... 145 66 Insight ................................................. 147 67 Particularity ........................................... 150 68 Atomic Structure ........................................ 152 69 Evolution ............................................... 154 70 Genetic Structure ....................................... 157 71 Decryption .............................................. 160 72 Algorism ................................................ 162 73 Summary ................................................. 169 6 SYMBOLIZATUON .............................................. 171 74 Calculation ............................................. 171 75 Algebra ................................................. 176 76 Unnatural Numbers ....................................... 178 77 Series .................................................. 180 78 Infinitesimals .......................................... 183 79 Numerical Geometry ...................................... 190 80 Perspective ............................................. 192 81 Complex Space ........................................... 194 82 Summary ................................................. 198 7 THEORY ..................................................... 201 83 The Euclidean Paradigm .................................. 201 84 Modernization ........................................... 207 85 The Newtonian Paradigm .................................. 210 86 The Syntactical Conception of Science ................... 223 87 Synchronic Critique of the Syntactical Conception ....... 226 88 Diachronic Critique of the Syntactical Conception ....... 227 89 Inadequacy of the Syntactical Conception of Science ..... 229 90 The Semantic Conception of Science ...................... 231 91 The Syntactico-Semantic Conception of Science ........... 235 92 Demarcation ............................................. 239 93 Engineering ............................................. 241 94 Creative Nexus .......................................... 243 95 Summary ................................................. 244 BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................. 247 INDEX 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