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En 1984 Thomas Kuhn fue invitado a dictar una serie de conferencias Thalheimer en el Departamento de Filosofía de la Universidad Johns Hopkins. Bajo el título Desarrollo científico y cambio de léxico, Kuhn presentó cuatro conferencias... more
En 1984 Thomas Kuhn fue invitado a dictar una serie de conferencias Thalheimer en el Departamento de Filosofía de la Universidad Johns Hopkins. Bajo el título Desarrollo científico y cambio de léxico, Kuhn presentó cuatro conferencias entre el 12 y el 19 de noviembre de 1984. Los textos que dieron base a las conferencias permanecieron inéditos por más de tres décadas, sin ser traducidos ni publicados en ninguna lengua. En este volumen se presentan por primera vez en forma íntegra.
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This volume presents a collection of essays devoted to the analysis of scientific change and stability. It explores the balance and tension that exist between commensurability and continuity on the one hand and incommensurability and... more
This volume presents a collection of essays devoted to the analysis of scientific change and stability. It explores the balance and tension that exist between commensurability and continuity on the one hand and incommensurability and discontinuity on the other. The book constitutes fully revised versions of papers that were originally presented at an international colloquium held at the University of Nancy, France, in June 2004.
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Published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15261 Translation copyright © 2004, University of Pittsburgh Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Printed on acid-free paper 10 987654321... more
Published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15261 Translation copyright © 2004, University of Pittsburgh Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Printed on acid-free paper 10 987654321 © 1998 of the original German edition, ...
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Metalogik der Aussagenlogik 74 2.1 Objektebene vs. Metaebene 74 2.2 Logische Wahrheit . . 78 a) Definition 78 b) Das Substitutionstheorem 85 2.3 Logische Falschheit 87 2.4 Logische Folgerung 92 a) Synthetische Definition, analytische... more
Metalogik der Aussagenlogik 74 2.1 Objektebene vs. Metaebene 74 2.2 Logische Wahrheit . . 78 a) Definition 78 b) Das Substitutionstheorem 85 2.3 Logische Falschheit 87 2.4 Logische Folgerung 92 a) Synthetische Definition, analytische Definition, Explikation 92 b) ...
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Few philosophers of science have influenced as many readers as Thomas S. Kuhn. Yet no comprehensive study of his ideas has existed—until now. In this volume, Paul Hoyningen-Huene examines Kuhn's work over four decades,... more
Few philosophers of science have influenced as many readers as Thomas S. Kuhn. Yet no comprehensive study of his ideas has existed—until now. In this volume, Paul Hoyningen-Huene examines Kuhn's work over four decades, from the days before The Structure of Scientific Revolutions to the present, and puts Kuhn's philosophical development in a historical framework. Scholars from disciplines as diverse as political science and art history have offered widely differing interpretations of Kuhn's ideas, appropriating his notions of ...
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The Wageningen UR Library Catalogue contains bibliographic data on books and periodicals held by the libraries of Wageningen University and Research Centre and some 15 associated libraries. Holding data are added to each record. ...... more
The Wageningen UR Library Catalogue contains bibliographic data on books and periodicals held by the libraries of Wageningen University and Research Centre and some 15 associated libraries. Holding data are added to each record. ... Subjects covered include Agrotechnology, Food and Food Production, Plant and Animal Sciences, Soil Science, Geo-information, Landscape and Spatial Planning, Water and Climate, Ecosystem Studies, Economics and Society. ... The joint collections of the participating libraries cover a substantial part of ...
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CIP-Titelaufnabmt der Deutschen Bibliothek Wozu Wissenschaftsphilosophie?: Positionen u. Fragen zur gegenwärtigen Wiss.-Philosophie/hrsg. von Paul Hoyningen- Huene; Gertrude Hirsch.—Berlin; New York: de Gruyter, 1988... more
CIP-Titelaufnabmt der Deutschen Bibliothek Wozu Wissenschaftsphilosophie?: Positionen u. Fragen zur gegenwärtigen Wiss.-Philosophie/hrsg. von Paul Hoyningen- Huene; Gertrude Hirsch.—Berlin; New York: de Gruyter, 1988 (De-Gruyter-Studienbuch) ISBN 3-11-011472-0 NE: Hoyningen-Huene, Paul [Hrsg.] © 1988 by Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 30 Alle Rechte, insbesondere das der Übersetzung in fremde Sprachen, vorbehalten. Ohne ausdrückliche Genehmigung des Verlages ist es nicht gestattet, dieses Buch oder Teile daraus auf ...
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This paper deals with the following questions: What features of modern natural science are responsible for the fact that, of all forms of science, this form is technologically exploitable? The three notions: concept of nature, epistemic... more
This paper deals with the following questions: What features of modern natural science are responsible for the fact that, of all forms of science, this form is technologically exploitable? The three notions: concept of nature, epistemic ideal, and experiment, suggest the most important components of my answer. I will argue, first, that only the peculiar interplay of the modern concept of nature with an epistemic ideal attuned to it can cast experiment in the specific, highly central role it plays in the pursuit of knowledge about nature. It will then become clear that the form of science in which experiment plays such a role will, necessarily, prove technologically exploitable.
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Martin Carrier und Oliver Scholz haben das Buch Systematicity: The Nature of Science und das obige Précis kommentiert. Das vorliegende Paper antwortet ihnen.
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The paper deals with Kuhn’s development immediately before Structure and during the last two decades of his life. I discuss Kuhn’s development from his penultimate draft of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions to its final version, and... more
The paper deals with Kuhn’s development immediately before Structure and during the last two decades of his life. I discuss Kuhn’s development from his penultimate draft of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions to its final version, and his unfinished book manuscript entitled The Plurality of Worlds: An Evolutionary Theory of Scientific Development.
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It is well-known that Wittgenstein argued that games have no properties in common that could be used to construct an explicit definition of “game” in terms of necessary and sufficient conditions for its application. In fact,... more
It is well-known that Wittgenstein argued that games have no properties in common that could be used to construct an explicit definition of “game” in terms of necessary and sufficient conditions for its application. In fact, Wittgenstein’s arguments concern the notion of Spiel and not the notion of game. In this note, I want to argue against Wittgenstein’s thesis mainly by presenting an explicit definition of Spiel.
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Ausarbeitung eines Vortrags, der in der von Prof. Wenchao Li an der Leibniz Universität Hannover veranstalteten Ringvorlesung "Wissensformen" im WS 2012/13 gehalten wurde.
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In this paper, I will show that the Miracle Argument is unsound if one assumes a certain form of transient underdetermination. For this aim, I will first discuss and formalize several variants of underdetermination, especially that of... more
In this paper, I will show that the Miracle Argument is unsound if one assumes a certain form of transient underdetermination. For this aim, I will first discuss and formalize several variants of underdetermination, especially that of transient underdetermination, by means of measure theory. I will then formalize a popular and persuasive form of the Miracle Argument that is based on “use novelty”. I will then proceed to the proof that the miracle argument is unsound by means of a mathematical example. Finally, I will expose two hidden presuppositions of the Miracle Argument that make it so immensely though deceptively persuasive.
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Zunächst wird geklärt, was unter einem Wcltbild generell zu verstehen ist. Anschließend werden die Elemente, aus denen wissenschaftliche Weltbilder aufgebaut sind, in ihrem Funktionszusammenhang dargestellt. Aufgrund dieses Zusammenhangs... more
Zunächst wird geklärt, was unter einem Wcltbild generell zu verstehen ist. Anschließend werden die Elemente, aus denen wissenschaftliche Weltbilder aufgebaut sind, in ihrem Funktionszusammenhang dargestellt. Aufgrund dieses Zusammenhangs kann es zwischen Vertretem verschiedener wissenschaftlicher Weltbilder zu Kommunikationsschwierigkeiten kommen. Ganz ähnliche Schwierigkeiten lassen sich auch in der Kommunikation zwischen Vertretern vcrschiedener politischer Positionen feststellen, exemplarisch vorgestellt an einem (fiktiven) Streit über SDI. Wie bei den wissenschaftlichen Weltbildem gibt es auch hier ein Geflecht von einander ergänzenden und stützenden Annahmen und Bewertungen, wie es für Weltbilder charakteristisch ist.
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Gastkommentar zum Gastkommentar von Markus Zürcher „Der dreifache Nutzen der Geisteswissenschaften“, NZZ vom 13. Feb. 2018
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Vorlesungsskript der Vorlesung vom SS 1997 an der Universität Konstanz
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Philosophy of Economics, Syllabus, Spring term 2015, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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As I am not a specialist in the subject matter of Holger Lyre's paper, 1 I had to learn from him that there are two different approaches to structural realism in the literature, the “Worrall-type” and the... more
As I am not a specialist in the subject matter of Holger Lyre's paper, 1 I had to learn from him that there are two different approaches to structural realism in the literature, the “Worrall-type” and the “French-Ladyman-type” approach, as he calls them. 2 The Worrall-type approach is a reaction to the difficulties that emerged in the defence of entity realism against various objections, especially against the well-known pessimistic meta-induction. 3 In contrast, the French-Ladyman-type approach tries “to present arguments from the ...
The title of this paper indicates that it deals with work in progress. First of all, I will have to explain what I mean by a theory of antireductionist arguments. Having done this I will present some preliminary results concerning this... more
The title of this paper indicates that it deals with work in progress. First of all, I will have to explain what I mean by a theory of antireductionist arguments. Having done this I will present some preliminary results concerning this theory. In the initial section, I shall try to awaken the need for a theory of antireductionist arguments. In the second section, I will discuss the type of theory which could be meant, and how we could obtain such a theory. This will explain why case studies of a certain kind are needed. In the third section, I will ...
I will first deal with all forms of convergent realism. I will then turn to the variety of realisms that do not explicitly claim some sort of convergence but exploit some kind of stability in a sequence of theories; this includes... more
I will first deal with all forms of convergent realism. I will then turn to the variety of realisms that do not explicitly claim some sort of convergence but exploit some kind of stability in a sequence of theories; this includes structural realism. Convergent realism is a doctrine (or rather a family of doctrines) that roughly states that we are fairly safe to accept the following three propositions (compare, eg, Sankey (2004)):
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Información del artículo Las interrelaciones entre la filosofía, la historia y la sociología de la ciencia en la teoría del desarrollo científico de Thomas Kuhn.
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1. Balzer äußert sich in seinem Beitrag zum möglichen Nutzen von Wissenschaftstheorie, und er bemerkt gleich anfangs einschränkend, daß er als Nicht-Psychologe und Nicht-Ökonom hierzu „nur einige wenige dilettantische Bemerkungen... more
1. Balzer äußert sich in seinem Beitrag zum möglichen Nutzen von Wissenschaftstheorie, und er bemerkt gleich anfangs einschränkend, daß er als Nicht-Psychologe und Nicht-Ökonom hierzu „nur einige wenige dilettantische Bemerkungen machen" könne (S. 53). Selbst ein Amateur in den angesprochenen Disziplinen, fällt mir doch auf, daß der von Ökonomen im Zusammenhang mit dem Begriff des Nutzens häufig verwendete Begriff der Kosten bei Balzer nicht wesentlich vorkommt. Meinem laienhaften Verständnis gemäß ...
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Thomas S. Kuhn gehört zu den bedeutendsten Wissenschaftshistorikern sowie, neben Karl R. Popper und Paul Feyerabend, zu den einflussreichsten Wissenschaftsphilosophen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Kuhns Hauptwerk The Structure of Scientific... more
Thomas S. Kuhn gehört zu den bedeutendsten Wissenschaftshistorikern sowie, neben Karl R. Popper und Paul Feyerabend, zu den einflussreichsten Wissenschaftsphilosophen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Kuhns Hauptwerk The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (SSR) aus dem Jahr 1962 zählt zu den meistzitierten wissenschaftlichen Büchern der Ge-genwart (Google Scholar zählt im Ja-nuar 2012 über 53.000 Zitationen der englischen Ausgabe) und führte zu einer Umorientierung der theoretischen Wissenschaftsphilosophie.
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Drucken. Titel. Thomas AC Reydon (Hrsg.), Helmut Heit (Hrsg.), Paul Hoyningen-Huene (Hrsg.). Der universale Leibniz. Denker, Forscher, Erfinder. 1. Auflage 2009. 189 S., 24 s/w Abb. Kartoniert. 32,00 / (A) 32,90 / sFr 54,40*. ISBN... more
Drucken. Titel. Thomas AC Reydon (Hrsg.), Helmut Heit (Hrsg.), Paul Hoyningen-Huene (Hrsg.). Der universale Leibniz. Denker, Forscher, Erfinder. 1. Auflage 2009. 189 S., 24 s/w Abb. Kartoniert. 32,00 / (A) 32,90 / sFr 54,40*. ISBN 978-3-515-09072-8. Abstract. ...
York Review of Books kritisch zu den Thesen des Physikers, Wissenschaftshistorikers und-philosophen Thomas Kuhn geäußert [1]. Thomas Kuhn ist die einflußreichste Persönlichkeit der letzten Jahrzehnte in Wissenschaftsgeschichte,-Soziologie... more
York Review of Books kritisch zu den Thesen des Physikers, Wissenschaftshistorikers und-philosophen Thomas Kuhn geäußert [1]. Thomas Kuhn ist die einflußreichste Persönlichkeit der letzten Jahrzehnte in Wissenschaftsgeschichte,-Soziologie und-philosophic. Seine Bekanntheit basiert vor allem auf seinem Buch The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, das 1962 erstmals erschien und von dem mittlerweile weit über eine Million Exemplare in über zwei Dutzend Sprachen verkauft worden sind [2]. Die heute schon fa. sl zur ...
Paul Hoyningen-Huene Zu Emergenz, Mikro-und Makrodetermination Diese Arbeit ist folgendermaßen gegliedert. Zur Einführung werde ich kurz und schematisch die Geschichte des Emergenz-begriffs skizzieren. Dann werde ich in Abschnitt II... more
Paul Hoyningen-Huene Zu Emergenz, Mikro-und Makrodetermination Diese Arbeit ist folgendermaßen gegliedert. Zur Einführung werde ich kurz und schematisch die Geschichte des Emergenz-begriffs skizzieren. Dann werde ich in Abschnitt II notwendige Voraussetzungen für die ...
In a series of papers, Robert Sugden has analyzed the epistemic role of theoretical models in economics. In order to prepare the ground for his own view, he convincingly criticized several ways that were proposed in the literature as... more
In a series of papers, Robert Sugden has analyzed the epistemic role of theoretical models in economics. In order to prepare the ground for his own view, he convincingly criticized several ways that were proposed in the literature as attempts at an understanding of the epistemic role of economic models. His own view is that theoretical models in economics describe a counterfactual world that is separated from the real world by a gap. This gap has to be filled if the model should have an epistemic function for our understanding of the real world.
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The paper claims that Friedman’s famous 1953 essay “On the methodology of positive economics” (F53) has been seriously misread in the past. I first show that there are several statements in F53 that are not compatible with any of the... more
The paper claims that Friedman’s famous 1953 essay “On the methodology of positive economics” (F53) has been seriously misread in the past. I first show that there are several statements in F53 that are not compatible with any of the usual readings of F53. However, an alternative reading of F53 can be achieved if one takes seriously Friedman’s reference to ideal types in Sect. V of F53. Friedman was familiar with Max Weber, who introduced ideal types, through Frank Knight, who was his teacher at Chicago. Given that in F53’s view ideal types are a fundamental building block of economic theory, it becomes clear why both an instrumentalist and a directly realist reading of F53 are inadequate. Furthermore, the reading of F53 in terms of ideal types makes it intelligible why F53 so emphatically introduces elements from Popper’s falsificationist methodology: they are essential because the speculative element introduced by ideal types must be severely restrained by empirical control. Finally, I demonstrate that most of the strange passages of F53 make very good sense under the new interpretation.
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Neither Karl Popper, nor Frank Knight, nor Max Weber are cited or mentioned in Friedman's famous 1953 essay " On the methodology of positive economics " (F53). However, they play a crucial role in F53. Making their contribution explicit... more
Neither Karl Popper, nor Frank Knight, nor Max Weber are cited or mentioned in Friedman's famous 1953 essay " On the methodology of positive economics " (F53). However, they play a crucial role in F53. Making their contribution explicit suggests that F53 has been seriously misread in the past. I will first show that there are several irritating statements in F53 that are, taken together, not compatible with any of the usual readings of F53. Second , I show that an alternative reading of F53 can be achieved if one takes seriously Friedman's reference to ideal types; " ideal type " is a technical term introduced by Max Weber. Friedman was familiar with Max Weber's work through Frank Knight, who was his teacher in Chicago. Given that in F53's view ideal types are fundamental building blocks of economic theory, it becomes clear why both instrumentalist and realist readings of F53 are inadequate. Third, the reading of F53 in terms of ideal types gives the role of elements from Popper's falsifica-tionist methodology in F53 a somewhat different twist. Finally, I show that the irritating passages of F53 make good sense under the new reading, including the infamous " the more significant the theory, the more unrealistic the assumptions " .