The Critique of Scientific ReasonA systematic critique of the notion that natural science is the sovereign domain of truth, Critique of Scientific Reason uses an extensive and detailed investigation of physics—and in particular of Einstein's theory of relativity—to argue that the positivistic notion of rationality is not only wrongheaded but false. Kurt Hübner contends that positivism ignores both the historical dimension of science and the basic structures common to scientific theory, myth, and so-called subjective symbolic systems. Moreover, Hübner argues, positivism has led in our time to a widespread disillusionment with science and technology. |
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... Priori 22 3 Systematic Development of the Question of Foundation in the Natural Sciences 25 3.1 The Foundation of Basic Statements 26 3.2 The Foundation of Natural Laws 27 3.3 The Foundation of Axioms Pertaining to Theories of Natural ...
... Priori 22 3 Systematic Development of the Question of Foundation in the Natural Sciences 25 3.1 The Foundation of Basic Statements 26 3.2 The Foundation of Natural Laws 27 3.3 The Foundation of Axioms Pertaining to Theories of Natural ...
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... , Interphenomena , von Neumann's Proof , and Indeterminism 79 6.6 How Can the A Priori Axioms Underlying Quantum Mechanics Be Justified ? 82 7 Critique of the Attempts to Correlate Quantum Mechanics with vi CONTENTS 36.
... , Interphenomena , von Neumann's Proof , and Indeterminism 79 6.6 How Can the A Priori Axioms Underlying Quantum Mechanics Be Justified ? 82 7 Critique of the Attempts to Correlate Quantum Mechanics with vi CONTENTS 36.
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... Priori Foundation for the General Theory of Relativity 139 10.2 The Postulate of the Cosmic Substratum and the Cosmological Principle 141 10.3 Four Possible Cosmological Models of Relativistic Cosmology and Their A Priori Discussion 142 ...
... Priori Foundation for the General Theory of Relativity 139 10.2 The Postulate of the Cosmic Substratum and the Cosmological Principle 141 10.3 Four Possible Cosmological Models of Relativistic Cosmology and Their A Priori Discussion 142 ...
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... Priori Principles in Theories of the Historical Sciences 184 13.8 Judicative Principles 187 13.9 Normative Principles 187 13.10 The Relation between the A Priori and the A Posteriori 188 13.11 The So - called Hermeneutic Circle 189 ...
... Priori Principles in Theories of the Historical Sciences 184 13.8 Judicative Principles 187 13.9 Normative Principles 187 13.10 The Relation between the A Priori and the A Posteriori 188 13.11 The So - called Hermeneutic Circle 189 ...
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Contents
III | 3 |
IV | 4 |
V | 7 |
VI | 8 |
VII | 13 |
VIII | 16 |
IX | 18 |
X | 22 |
XLVIII | 133 |
XLIX | 138 |
L | 139 |
LI | 141 |
LII | 142 |
LIII | 148 |
LIV | 150 |
LV | 153 |
XI | 25 |
XII | 26 |
XIII | 27 |
XIV | 29 |
XV | 32 |
XVI | 35 |
XVII | 36 |
XVIII | 39 |
XIX | 42 |
XX | 45 |
XXI | 47 |
XXII | 51 |
XXIII | 53 |
XXIV | 63 |
XXV | 66 |
XXVI | 69 |
XXVII | 72 |
XXVIII | 74 |
XXIX | 76 |
XXX | 77 |
XXXI | 78 |
XXXII | 79 |
XXXIII | 82 |
XXXIV | 90 |
XXXV | 95 |
XXXVI | 98 |
XXXVII | 103 |
XXXVIII | 105 |
XXXIX | 107 |
XL | 111 |
XLI | 116 |
XLII | 118 |
XLIII | 119 |
XLIV | 122 |
XLV | 125 |
XLVI | 127 |
XLVII | 131 |
LVI | 155 |
LVII | 156 |
LVIII | 161 |
LIX | 162 |
LX | 166 |
LXIII | 168 |
LXIV | 170 |
LXV | 174 |
LXVIII | 175 |
LXIX | 176 |
LXX | 180 |
LXXI | 182 |
LXXII | 184 |
LXXIV | 187 |
LXXVI | 188 |
LXXVII | 189 |
LXXVIII | 190 |
LXXIX | 193 |
LXXX | 196 |
LXXXI | 202 |
LXXXII | 205 |
LXXXIV | 207 |
LXXXV | 208 |
LXXXVI | 210 |
LXXXVII | 212 |
LXXXVIII | 214 |
LXXXIX | 217 |
XC | 218 |
XCI | 224 |
XCII | 229 |
XCIII | 232 |
XCIV | 241 |
XCV | 243 |
XCVI | 247 |
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