Scientific Rationality, the Human Condition, and 20th Century Cosmologies

By Adolf Grünbaum

Book Overview

Adolf Gr nbaum is one of the giants of 20th century philosophy of science. This volume is the first of three collecting his most essential and highly influential work.

The essays collected in this first volume focus on three related areas. They discuss scientific rationality-the problem of what it takes for a theory to be called scientific, and ask whether it is plausible to draw a clear distinction between science and non-science as was famously proposed by Karl Popper. They delve into the debate between determinism and indeterminism, in both science and in the humanities. Gr nbaum defends the position of the Humane Determinist, which then leads to a thorough criticism of the current theological approaches to ethics and morality-where Gr nbaum defends an explicit Secular Humanism-as well as of prominent theistic interpretations of twentieth century physical cosmologies.

The second volume is devoted to Gr nbaum's writings on the Philosophy of Physics and Space-Time, and the third to his lectures on the Philosophy of Psychology and Psychoanalysis, including his 1985 Gifford Lectures, which are to be published for the first time.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199989923
• ISBN13: 9780199989928
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"