Philosophy in the age of science? : inquiries into philosophical progress, method, and societal relevance /: inquiries into philosophical progress, method, and societal relevance. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Julia Hermann, Jeroen Hopster, Wouter Kalf, Michael Klenk.
• Editors: Hermann, Julia, 1979-; Hopster, Jeroen; Kalf, Wouter; Klenk, Michael
• Contents: Introduction, Julia Hermann, Jeroen Hopster, Wouter Kalf, Michael Klenk ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part I: Philosophical Progress ; ; 1. The Many Roads to Progress in Philosophy and Theology, Rik Peels ; ; 2. Philosophical Progress and Cumulative Cultural Evolution, Wybo Houkes And Krist Vaesen ; ; 3. Ethics in Context, Julia Hermann ; ; 4. Conceptual Engineering in Practical Philosophy, Or How Moral Sceptics Can and Should Improve the World, Wouter Kalf ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part II: Philosophical Methods ; ; 5. Thought Experiments and the (Ir-)Relevance of Intuitions in Philosophy, Daniel Cohnitz ; ; 6. The Methods of Connective Analysis in Analytic Philosophy, Peter Hacker ; ; 7. The Criterion of Simplicity in Science and Ethics, Richard Swinburne ; ; 8. Three Questions About Systematic Moral Theory, Sophie-Grace Chappell ; ; 9. Philosophy of Causation in the Age of Science, Rosa Runhardt ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part III: Societal Relevance ; ; 10. Omnivores and Synthesisers. Academic Philosophers as Interdisciplinary Specialists, Michael Klenk ; ; 11. Shall We Adapt? Evolutionary Ethics and Climate Change, Jeroen Hopster ; ; 12. The Difference of Philosophy, Rozemund Ulj&eacute;e ; ; 13. Should Philosophers Begin to Employ New Methods if They Want to Become More Societally Relevant? Ibo Van De Poel ; ; Bibliography
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 190.905; Philosophy, Modern -- 21st century; Philosophy and science
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538142844
• Related ISBNs: 9781538142820; 9781538142837
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