The Philosophy of Philip Kitcher

Herausgeber: Couch, Mark; Pfeifer, Jessica

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Produktbeschreibung

The Philosophy of Philip Kitcher offers an examination of the work of Philip Kitcher. It contains chapters written by leading scholars on Kitcher's work, as well as Kitcher's replies to these authors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780199381357
• ISBN-10: 0199381356
• Artikelnr.: 47864815

Autorenporträt

Mark Couch is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Seton Hall University. He works in the areas of philosophy of science and philosophy of mind. Jessica Pfeifer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and the Executive Director of the Philosophy of Science Association. She works in the areas of philosophy of science and philosophy of biology.

Inhaltsangabe

* Contributors
* Introduction
* 1. Gideon Rosen: Kitcher Against the Platonists
* 2. Karen Neander: Kitcher's Two Design Stances
* 3. Paul E. Griffiths: Proximate and the Ultimate Information in
Biology
* 4. Michela Massimi: Brining Real Realism Back Home
* 5. Jim Woodword: Unificationism, Explanatory Internalism and Autonomy
* 6. Michael Strevens: Special-Science Autonomy and the Division of
Labor
* 7. John Dupré: Towards Political Philosophy of Science
* 8. Lorraine Daston: Kitcher on Science, Democracy, and Human
Flourishing
* 9. Nancy Cartwright and Alexandre Marcellesi: Deliberating Policy:
where Morals and Methods Mix
* 10. Michael Smith: Function and Truth in Ethics
* 11. Daniel Dennett: What to Do While Religions Evolve Before Our Very
Eyes
* References
* Index