Encouraging openness : essays for Joseph Agassi on the occasion of his 90th birthday /: essays for Joseph Agassi on the occasion of his 90th birthday. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nimrod Bar-Am, Stefano Gattei, editor.
• Editors: Bar-Am, Nimrod
• Other Names: Gattei, Stefano
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Part I: Reflections on Rationalism as a Tradition and a Choice; Chapter 1: Why Don't Scientists Respect Philosophers?; 1.1 The Hume Cult; 1.2 Genesis of Scientific Hypotheses; 1.3 External Consistency; 1.4 Indicators; 1.5 What About Induction?; 1.6 Conclusion; Chapter 2: Evaluative Selection in Multimerit Situations; Chapter 3: Joseph Agassi from Metaphysics to Politics; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 "In Praise of Idle Speculation" ; 3.3 "Was Wittgenstein Really Necessary?"; 3.4 From Metaphysics to Politics by Way of "Logical Extremism"; References; Chapter 4: Horror Dogmatis 4.1 The Role of Dogmatism4.2 Is Dogmatism Necessary?; 4.3 Dogmatism and Normal Science; 4.3.1 Horror Dogmatis; References; Chapter 5: Comprehensively Critical Metapolitics; 5.1 Introduction: The Search for a Radical Metapolitics; 5.2 Metapolitics; 5.3 The Problem of Rationality; 5.4 Popper's Critical Rationalism; 5.5 Bartley's Comprehensively Critical Rationalism; 5.6 The Debate Over Comprehensively Critical Rationalism: Watkins's Critique; 5.7 The Political Significance of a New Theory of Rationality; References; Chapter 6: Feng Shui: An Overlooked Topic for Critical Rationalists 6.1 Matthew Ricci (1552-1610)6.2 Ernst Johann Eitel (1838-1908); 6.3 Feng Shui as a 'Black Art'; 6.4 Chinese Proto-science and Avoidance of Experiment; 6.5 Influence of the Heavens; 6.6 Astronomical Problems for Feng Shui; 6.7 The Five Elements; 6.8 Eitel's History of Feng Shui; 6.9 Eitel's Appraisal of Feng Shui and the Educational Task in China; References; Part II: The Sceptic Quest for a Sensible World; Chapter 7: Verisimilitude: Why and How; 7.1 The Breakdown of Popper's Definition of Verisimilitude; 7.2 Reactions to the Breakdown: Dismissing or Saving Verisimilitude? 7.3 Agassi on Verisimilitude7.4 Debates with Agassi; References; Chapter 8: The Story of the German Translation of Tarski's Book on Truth; References; Chapter 9: Two Philosophical Contributions to Modern Physics; 9.1 I; 9.2 II; 9.3 III; 9.4 IV; References; Chapter 10: Lessons from the Philosophy of Science to Data Mining and Vice Versa; 10.1 Simplicity; 10.2 The Necessity of Hypotheses; References; Chapter 11: The Mystique of Computer Technology and the Waning of Critical Enquiry; 11.1 The Mystique of Computer Technology; 11.1.1 ; 11.1.2 ; 11.1.3 11.2 The Waning of Socratic or Critical Thinking: An Unintended Consequence in the Development of Computer Technology11.2.1 Where Can Socrates Open His Mouth in the Technopoly?; 11.2.2 Agassi's Version of Popper's Contribution to the Theory of Critical Thinking or Socratic Enquiry; 11.2.3 How Has the Technopoly Refashioned Society Such That Critical Enquiry Cannot Gain a Foothold?; 11.2.4 The Fault-Lines in the Technopoly and How to Renew Critical Enquiry in the Technology Dominated World of Today; References
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, portraits
• Subjects: 142; Philosophy; Rationalism; PHILOSOPHY / Criticism; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism; Rationalism; Philosophy; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Political Philosophy; Educational Policy and Politics; Philosophy -- Movements -- General; Philosophy -- Political; Education -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General; Social & political philosophy; Educational strategies & policy; Science_xPhilosophy; Social sciences_xPhilosophy; Political science_xPhilosophy; Science -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Philosophy of science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319576695; 3319576690
• Related ISBNs: 9783319576688; 3319576682
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 28, 2017)
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