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Science, Reality, and Language criticizes the anti-realist stance currently flourishing in philosophy of science and shows that many contemporary philosophers of science, although they define themselves empiricists, have evolved into "linguistic idealists." After emphasizing that most practicing scientists find the linguistically oriented philosophy of science useless, the author concludes is that a naturalistic philosophy of science is needed...

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Provides the reader with an important set of essays related to the two aforementioned fields of study. This title examines the meaning and role of postmodernism in philosophy and society. It addresses the theoretical seduction and practical failure of Marxism.

This book promises to transform the terms of the current debate between realism and anti-realism, and to reestablish some form of naturalism and, in the process, some form of sanity to the current practice of philosophy of science.

This work manages to present a complete and informative overview of Nicholas Rescher's philosphy. A prominent representative of contemporary pragmatism and of 20th century's thought at large, Rescher wrote an impressive amount of volumes and essays on a wide variety of philosophical topics. The present book purports to make his theses and theories accessible in one single volume. Moreover, it provides an apparatus of references to the relevant...

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This work provides reflections on some important themes of contemporary philosophy. The problem of realism - in both its metaphysical and scientific versions - plays a key role in the various sections, and the point of departure is Wilfrid Sellars' famous distinction between the manifest and the scientific images of the world. The possibility of "merging" the two images is taken into account, and the conclusion is that human beings will never ...