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Grasping reality : an interpretation-realistic epistemology /

Grasping Reality addresses the methodology of a sophisticated realistic approach to scientific as well as everyday recognition by using schemes and interpretative constructs to analyze theories and the practice of recognition from a hypothesis-realistic vantage point. The three main theses are: (1)...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lenk, Hans
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2003.
Colección:Series on the foundations of natural science and technology ; v. 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Grasping Reality addresses the methodology of a sophisticated realistic approach to scientific as well as everyday recognition by using schemes and interpretative constructs to analyze theories and the practice of recognition from a hypothesis-realistic vantage point. The three main theses are: (1) Any "grasping" of real objects, processes, entities etc. is deeply dependent on scheme interpretations and interpretative constructs - in short, on using schemes and constructs; the same applies to any sophisticated actions encroaching on reality; (2) a sophisticated interpretation-dependent realism is sketched out and defended from a methodological, non-foundational, epistemological point of view called pragmatic realism; (3) the most provocative thesis is generalized from the role of the well-known preparationist interpretation of quantum theory to everyday knowledge - the interpretative structuring and preparing of the experimental make-up as known in quantum mechanics is not just a special case but the rather general case of gaining any knowledge in science and everyday recognition. An appendix provides an overview regarding a realistic and pragmatic philosophy of technology, including the so-called new information technologies
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 266 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) and indexes.
ISBN:9789812795571
981279557X