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Witches, Scientists, Philosophers: Essays and Lectures (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
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Witches, Scientists, Philosophers: Essays and Lectures (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, 65
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Robert E. Butts (1928-1997) was a philosopher and historian of
science whose central concerns were the distinction between the
rational and the irrational. He viewed scientific rationality as
our major defence against the various conditions that encourage
witch hunts and similar outbursts of irrationality, with all their
attendant pain and terror. Butts saw himself as a pragmatic
realist, combining what he took to be the best aspects of logical
empiricism with a historically informed pragmatism, deeply
appreciative of the methods of science, trying to describe a kind
of rationality essential in the struggle to preserve human values.
This volume gathers previously unpublished essays and lectures with
some previously published, thematically related essays. It includes
essays and lectures on philosophical aspects of the European witch
hunt, on scientific rationality and methodology, and on the
relationships between science and philosophy exhibited in the
writings of such historically significant figures as Leibniz,
D'Alembert, Hume, Kant, Carnap and Kuhn.
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