Epistemology & Methodology III: Philosophy of Science and Technology Part I: Formal and Physical Sciences
The aims of this Introduction are to characterize the philosophy of science and technology, henceforth PS & T, to locate it on the map ofiearning, and to propose criteria for evaluating work in this field. 1. THE CHASM BETWEEN S & T AND THE HUMANI
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Volume 7 EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY III: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TREATISE ON BASIC PHILOSOPHY
S EM A TIC S I
Sense and Reference 2
SEMATICS II
Interpretation and Truth 3
ON T 0 LOG Y I
The Furniture of the World 4
ONTOLOGY II
A World of Systems 5
EPISTEMOLOGY & METHODOLOGY I
Exploring the World 6
EPISTEMOLOGY & METHODOLOGY II
Understanding the World 7
EPISTEMOLOGY & METHODOLOGY III
Philosophy of Science & Technology 8
ET H I C S
The Good and the Right
MARIO BUNGE
Treatise on Basic Philosophy VOLUME 7
Epistemology & Methodology III:
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARTI FORMAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Bunge. Mario Augusto. Philosophy of science and technology. (Epistemology & methodology; 3) (Treatise on basic philosophy; v. 7) Bibliography: p. Includes indexes. Contents: pI. 1. Formal and physical sciences - pI. 2. Life science, social science. and technology. 1. Science- Philosophy. 2. Tet:hnology-Philosophy. I. Title. II. Series: Bunge. Mario Augusto. Epistemology & methodology; 3. III. Series: Bunge. Mario Augusto. Treatise on basic philosophy; v. 7. BD161.886 1983 no. 3 [ Q11S] 121 s [121] 85-243 1 ISBN-1 3: 978-94-0 10-8832-9 e-ISBN- 13: 978-94-009-5281 -2 001: 10.1007/978-94-009-528 1-2
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GENERAL PREFACE TO THE TREA TISE
This volume is part of a comprehensive Treatise on Basic Philosophy. The treatise encompasses what the author takes to be the nucleus of contemporary philosophy, namely semantics (theories of meaning and truth), epistemology (theories of knowledge), metaphysics (general theories of the world), and ethics (theories of value and right action). Social philosophy, political philosophy, legal philosophy, the philosophy of education, aesthetics, the philosophy of religion and other branches of philosophy have been excluded from the above quadrivium either because they have been absorbed by the sciences of man or because they may be regarded as applications of both fundamental philosophy and logic. Nor has logic been included in the Treatise although it is as much a part of philosophy as it is of mathematics. The reason for this exclusion is that logic has become a
