Science, Action, and Reality

by Raimo Tuomela

Book Overview

Were one to characterize the aims of this book ambitiously, it could be said to sketch the philosophical foundations or underpinnings of the scientific world view or, better, of the scientific conception of the world. In any case, it develops a comprehensive philosophical view, one which takes science seri- ously as the best method for getting to know the ontological aspects of the world. This view is a kind of scientific realism - causal internal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401089051
• ISBN13: 9789401089050
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"