0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science

Buy Now

Epistemology, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science - Essays in Honour of Carl G. Hempel on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday, January 8th 1985 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1985) Loot Price: R4,406
Discovery Miles 44 060
Epistemology, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science - Essays in Honour of Carl G. Hempel on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday,...

Epistemology, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science - Essays in Honour of Carl G. Hempel on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday, January 8th 1985 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1985)

Wilhelm K. Essler, H. Putnam, W. Stegmuller

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R4,406 Discovery Miles 44 060 | Repayment Terms: R413 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

Professor C. G. Hempel (known to a host of admirers and friends as 'Peter' Hempel) is one of the most esteemed and best loved philosophers in the If an Empiricist Saint were not somewhat of a Meinongian Impos world. sible Object, one might describe Peter Hempel as an Empiricist Saint. In deed, he is as admired for his brilliance, intellectual flexibility, and crea tivity as he is for his warmth, kindness, and integrity, and does not the presence of so many wonderful qualities in one human being assume the dimensions of an impossibility? But Peter Hempel is not only possible but actual One of us (Hilary Putnam) remembers vividly the occasion on which he first witnessed Hempel 'in action'. It was 1950, and Quine had begun to attack the analytic/synthetic distinction (a distinction which Carnap and Reichenbach had made a cornerstone, if not the keystone, of Logical Em piricist philosophy). Hempel, who is as quick to accept any idea that seems to contain real substance and insight as he is to demolish ideas that are empty or confused, was one of the first leading philosophers outside of Quine's immediate circle to join Quine in his attack. Hempel had come to Los Angeles (where Reichenbach taught) on a visit, and a small group consisting of Reichenbach and a few of his graduate students were gath ered together in Reichenbach's home to hear Hempel defend the new posi tion."

General

Imprint: Springer
Country of origin: Netherlands
Release date: December 2010
First published: 1985
Editors: Wilhelm K. Essler • H. Putnam • W. Stegmuller
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 484
Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1985
ISBN-13: 978-90-481-8410-1
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
Promotions
LSN: 90-481-8410-X
Barcode: 9789048184101

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!

You might also like..

The Oxford Handbook of German Philosophy…
Michael N. Forster, Kristin Gjesdal Hardcover R4,838 Discovery Miles 48 380
The Matter With Things - Our Brains, Our…
Iain McGilchrist Hardcover R3,324 Discovery Miles 33 240
The Character of Consciousness
David J. Chalmers Hardcover R4,404 Discovery Miles 44 040
Religio Medici - and Urn-Burial
Sir Thomas Browne Paperback R488 Discovery Miles 4 880
Religio Medici - to Which Is Added…
Sir Thomas Browne Paperback R566 Discovery Miles 5 660
Religio Medici - to Which Is Added…
Sir Thomas Browne Paperback R604 Discovery Miles 6 040
The Grammar of Science
Karl Pearson Paperback R605 Discovery Miles 6 050
Science and Method
Poincare Henri 1854-1912 Paperback R528 Discovery Miles 5 280
Science and Life - Essays of a…
J.B.S. Haldane Paperback R216 Discovery Miles 2 160
Theories of Emotion - Expressing…
Pia Campeggiani Hardcover R2,336 Discovery Miles 23 360
Vegetal Sex - Philosophy of Plants
Stella Sandford Hardcover R2,516 Discovery Miles 25 160
Realism
Uwe C Koepke Hardcover R689 R627 Discovery Miles 6 270

See more

Partners