Hermeneutics and Science (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)

Hermeneutics was elaborated as a specific art of understanding in humanities. The discovered paradigmatic, historical characteristics of scientific knowledge, and the role of rhetoric, interpretation and contextuality enabled us to use similar arguments in natural sciences too. In this way a new research field, the hermeneutics of science emerged based upon the works of Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Heidegger and Gadamer. A dialogue between philosophers and scientists begins in this volume on hermeneutic approaches to physics, biology, ethology, mathematics and cognitive science. Scientific principles, methodologies, discourse, language, and metaphors are analyzed, as well as the role of the lay public and the legitimation of science. Different hermeneutical-phenomenological approaches to perception, experiments, methods, discovery and justification and the genesis of science are presented. Hermeneutics shed a new light on the incommensurability of paradigms, the possibility of translation and the historical understanding of science.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 206
Release date:	September 1999
First published:	1999
Editors:	Marta Feher • O. Kiss • L. Ropolyi
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	388
Edition:	1999 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-5798-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
LSN:	0-7923-5798-1
Barcode:	9780792357988

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!