Continental Philosophy of Science (Blackwell Readings in Continental Philosophy)

Continental Philosophy of Science provides an expert guide to the major twentieth-century French and German philosophical thinking on science. A comprehensive introduction by the editor provides a unified interpretative survey of continental work on philosophy of science. Interpretative essays are complemented by key primary-source selections. Includes previously untranslated texts by Bergson, Bachelard, and Canguilhem and new translations of texts by Hegel and Cassirer. Contributors include Terry Pinkard, Jean Gayon, Richard Tieszen, Michael Friedman, Joseph Rouse, Mary Tiles, Hans-Jöerg Rheinberger, Linda Alcoff, Todd May, Axel Honneth, and Penelope Deutscher. Continental Philosophy Of Science Provides An Expert Guide To The Major Twentieth-century French And German Philosophical Thinking On Science. The Book Refutes The View That Twentieth-century Continental Thought Is Anti-scientific, And Shows How Continental Thinkers Offer Distinctive Perspectives That Both Complement And Fruitfully Interact With Analytic Philosophy Of Science.--jacket. 1 Speculative Naturphilosophie And The Development Of The Empirical Sciences: Hegel's Perspective / Terry Pinkard -- 2 Naturphilosophie / G.w.f. Hegel Bergson / 3 Bergson's Spiritualist Metaphysics And The Sciences / Jean Gayon -- 4 Psychophysical Parallelism And Positive Metaphysics / Henri Bergson Cassirer -- 5 Ernst Cassirer And The Philosophy Of Science / Michael Friedman -- 6 From Substance And Function / Ernst Cassirer Husserl -- 7 Science As A Triumph Of The Human Spirit And Science In Crisis: Husserl And The Fortunes Of Reason / Richard Tieszen -- 8 From The Introduction To The Logical Investigations And From The Crisis Of European Sciences And Transcendental Phenomenology / Edmund Husserl -- 9 Heidegger On Science And Naturalism / Joseph Rouse -- 10 From On Time And Being / Martin Heidegger Bachelard -- 11 Technology, Science, And Inexact Knowledge: Bachelard's Non-cartesian Epistemology / Mary Tiles -- 12 From Essai Sur La Connaissance Approchée / Gaston Bachelard Canguilhem -- 13 Reassessing The Historical Epistemology Of Georges Canguilhem / Hans-jörg Rheinberger -- 14 The Object Of The History Of Sciences / Georges Canguilhem Foucault -- 15 Foucault's Philosophy Of Science: Structures Of Truth/structures Of Power / Linda Martín Alcoff -- 16 From The History Of Sexuality, Vol. I: An Introduction / Michel Foucault Deleuze / 17 Gilles Deleuze, Difference, And Science / Todd May -- 18 From What Is Philosophy? / Gilles Deleuze And Félix Guattari Irigaray -- 19 On Asking The Wrong Question (in Science, Is The Subject Sexed?) / Penelope Deutscher -- 20 In Science, Is The Subject Sexed? / Luce Irigaray Habermas -- 21 Bisected Rationality: The Frankfurt School's Critique Of Science / Axel Honneth -- 22 Knowledge And Human Interests: A General Perspective / Jürgen Habermas. Edited By Gary Gutting. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

empiricist/positivist, Kantian/critical, Or Ontological/metaphysical, Hegel, Heidegger Or Habermas, French And German Philosophers Have Been Working Diligently On What Philosophy Should Do Now That Science Has All The Answers To The Big Questions. In 22 Essays, Gutting (philosophy, U. Of Notre Dame) And Contributors Note That The Human Condition, Even That In Science, Still Needs Quite A Bit Of Rumination. They Provide Commentary To Significant Writings In The Philosophy Of Science By Hegel (naturphilosophie), Bergson (psychological Parallelism And Positive Metaphysics), Cassirer (from Substance And Function), Husserl (introduction To The Logical Investigations), Heidegger (time And Being), Bachelard (essai Sur La Connaissance Approchee), Canguilhem (the Object Of The History Of Sciences), Foucault The History Of Sexuality), Deleuze (what Is Philosophy?, Irigaray (in Science, Is The Subject Sexed?) And Habermas (knowledge And Human Interests). Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

__Continental Philosophy of Science__* * A comprehensive introduction by the editor provides a unified interpretative survey of continental work on philosophy of science. * * Interpretative essays are complemented by key primary-source selections. * * Includes previously untranslated texts by Bergson, Bachelard, and Canguilhem and new translations of texts by Hegel and Cassirer. * * Contributors include Terry Pinkard, Jean Gayon, Richard Tieszen, Michael Friedman, Joseph Rouse, Mary Tiles, Hans-Jöerg Rheinberger, Linda Alcoff, Todd May, Axel Honneth, and Penelope Deutscher.