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Evaluating Philosophies [electronic resource] / by Mario Bunge.

By: Bunge, Mario [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science: 295Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012Description: XIV, 200 p. 15 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789400744080.Subject(s): Philosophy (General) | Science -- Philosophy | Philosophy | Philosophy of ScienceDDC classification: 501 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction.-   A. How to Nuture of Hinder Research -- 1 Philosophies and phobosophies -- 2 The philosophical matrix of scientific progress -- 3 Systemics and materalism --   B. Philosophy in Action -- 4 Technoscience? -- 5 Climate and logic -- 6 Information Science: one or many? -- 7 Wealth and wellbeing -- 8 Can standard economic theory explain crises? -- 9 Marxism: Promise and reality -- 10 Rules of law: Just and unjust --   C Philosophical Gaps.-  11 Are subjective probabilities admissible? -- 12 Can induction deliver high-level hypotheses?  .-   13 Bridging theory to data -- 14 Energy: physics or metaphysics?   -- 15 Does quantum physics refute realism? -- 16 Parallel universes? ¿Digital physics?  -- 17 Can functionalist psychology explain? -- 18 Knowledge pyramids and rosettes -- 19 Existence: one or two? -- 20 Conclusion: Evaluation Criterion --   21 Glossary.  .
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Philosophies, whether genuine or spurious, are not usually adopted because of their conceptual, empirical, or moral merits, but because of tradition, political interests, or even temperament–none of which is a good reason. The present book argues for a precise criterion: A philosophy is worth what it helps learn, act, conserve our common heritage, and get along with fellow humans.
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Preface -- Introduction.-   A. How to Nuture of Hinder Research -- 1 Philosophies and phobosophies -- 2 The philosophical matrix of scientific progress -- 3 Systemics and materalism --   B. Philosophy in Action -- 4 Technoscience? -- 5 Climate and logic -- 6 Information Science: one or many? -- 7 Wealth and wellbeing -- 8 Can standard economic theory explain crises? -- 9 Marxism: Promise and reality -- 10 Rules of law: Just and unjust --   C Philosophical Gaps.-  11 Are subjective probabilities admissible? -- 12 Can induction deliver high-level hypotheses?  .-   13 Bridging theory to data -- 14 Energy: physics or metaphysics?   -- 15 Does quantum physics refute realism? -- 16 Parallel universes? ¿Digital physics?  -- 17 Can functionalist psychology explain? -- 18 Knowledge pyramids and rosettes -- 19 Existence: one or two? -- 20 Conclusion: Evaluation Criterion --   21 Glossary.  .

Philosophies, whether genuine or spurious, are not usually adopted because of their conceptual, empirical, or moral merits, but because of tradition, political interests, or even temperament–none of which is a good reason. The present book argues for a precise criterion: A philosophy is worth what it helps learn, act, conserve our common heritage, and get along with fellow humans.

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