The Empirical Stance

by Bas C. Van Fraassen

Book Overview

What is empiricism and what could it be? Bas C. van Fraassen, one of the world's foremost contributors to philosophical logic and the philosophy of science, here undertakes a fresh consideration of these questions and offers a program for renewal of the empiricist tradition. The empiricist tradition is not and could not be defined by common doctrines, but embodies a certain stance in philosophy, van Fraassen says. This stance is displayed first of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300103069
• ISBN13: 9780300103069
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"