Construction and Constraint: The Shaping of Scientific RationalityErnan McMullin Papers presented at a conference held at the University of Notre Dame in April 1986 |
Contents
Some General Notions | 22 |
The Scientific Revolution | 30 |
Conclusion | 39 |
Copyright | |
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accept accounts of rational action Adorno Alasdair Alasdair MacIntyre archaeology argued argument Aristotle Bachelard called causal claim cognitive systems concepts concerned constraint criteria critical critique culture discursive formation discussion distinction ence Enlightenment epistēmē epistemological break epistemology Ernan evaluations example explanation Foucault Habermas Heidegger history of science Horkheimer human Ibid idea ideal ideology individual individual's intellectual goal Jürgen Habermas Kuhn logic MacIntyre Mary Hesse Max Horkheimer Max Weber means metaphor metaphysical method modern natural science norms notion objects paradigm perspective philosophy of science point of view practice pragmatic prediction principle question rational belief realism reason relation relativism reliabilists Richard Rorty Rorty scientific rationality Scientific Realism scientists sense Shapere social society sociology of knowledge sociology of science sort standards statements Steven Lukes strong program structures things thought tion tional tive traditional trans true beliefs truth understanding Weber