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4 de abr. de 2024 · Abstract. This essay focuses attention on Polanyi’s 1946 book Science, Faith and Society as an early constructive philosophical effort to rehabilitate belief and show that it is integral to science. Particularly important is the opening chapter “Science and Reality,” which is Polanyi’s inaugural gambit directly to address the ...
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19 de abr. de 2024 · Metaphysics, branch of philosophy whose topics in antiquity and the Middle Ages were the first causes of things and the nature of being. Later, many other topics came to be included under the heading ‘metaphysics.’. The set of problems that now make up the subject matter of metaphysics is extremely diverse.
Hace 4 días · Philosophy of science focuses on metaphysical, epistemic and semantic aspects of scientific practice, and overlaps with metaphysics, ontology, logic, and epistemology, for example, when it explores the relationship between science and the concept of truth.
16 de abr. de 2024 · This outline discusses the history of science, the definition of the scientific method, its central role in founding a scientific epistemology, the demarcation of science from pseudoscience, and other epistemological topics concerning the methods and philosophy of science. The metaphysical implications of science are discussed in the ...
21 de abr. de 2024 · In a letter to Johann Heinrich Lambert in 1765, Kant revealed his intention to postpone his overarching project on the “Proper Method of Metaphysics” in favour of producing two specific works: the “Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Philosophy” and the “Metaphysical Foundations of Practical Philosophy.”
Hace 1 día · Metaphysics. The beginning of Aristotle's Metaphysics, one of the foundational texts of the discipline. Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality. It is often characterized as first philosophy, implying that it is more fundamental than other forms of philosophical inquiry.
16 de abr. de 2024 · The fundamental point, of course, that Aquinas was arguing, in agreement with his famous predecessor, Augustine, was that all truth is God’s truth, and that all truth meets at the top. If science contradicts religion, or if religion contradicts science, at least one of them must be wrong. There have been times in history where the scientific ...
