Philosophy and the 'Dazzling Ideal' of Science

by Graham Mcfee

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Recent decades have seen attacks on philosophy as an irrelevant field of inquiry when compared with science. In this book, Graham McFee defends the claims of philosophy against attempts to minimize either philosophy's possibility or its importance by deploying a contrast with what Wittgenstein characterized as the "dazzling ideal" of science. This 'dazzling ideal' incorporates both the imagined completeness of scientific explanation--whereby...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:3030216772

ISBN13:9783030216771

Release Date:September 2020

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:338 Pages

Weight:0.94 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"

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