Collected Papers on Epistemology, Philosophy of Science and History of Philosophy
These two volumes contain all of my articles published between 1956 and 1975 which might be of interest to readers in the English-speaking world. The first three essays in Vol. 1 deal with historical themes. In each case I as far as possible, meets con h
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SYNTHESE LIBRARY
MONOGRAPHS ON EPISTEMOLOGY, LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE AND OF KNOWLEDGE AND ON THE MATHEMATICAL METHODS OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Managing Editor: JAAKKO HINTIKKA,
Academy of Finland and Stanford University
Editors: ROBERT S.
COHEN,Boston University
DONALD DAVIDSON,
University of Chicago
GABRIEL NUCHELMANS, WESLEY
University of Leyden
C. SALMON, University of Arizona
VOLUME 91
WOLFGANG STEGMULLER
COLLECTED PAPERS ON EPISTEMOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY VOLUME I
D. REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY DORDRECHT-HOLLAND / BOSTON-U.S.A.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Stegmiiller, Wolfgang. Collected papers on epistemology, philosophy of science and history of philosophy. (Synthese Library; v. 91) Translated from German. Includes bibliographies and index. 1. Philosophy - Addresses, essays, lectures. 76-51547 B29.S73 100 ISBN-13: 978-94-010-1131-0 e-ISBN-\3: 978-94-010-1129-7 001: 10.1007/978-94-010-1129-7
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TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME I
PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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THE PROBLEM OF UNIVERSALS THEN AND NOW
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The Problem Platonism and Nominalism Historical Background Epistemological Discussion of Platonism and Nominalism Constructive Conceptualism The Three Ontological Positions Summary
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TOWARDS A RATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF KANT'S METAPHYSICS OF EXPERIENCE
I: Kant's Riddle of Experience 1. On Rational Reconstructions of Philosophical Theories 2. The Place of Kant's Theory of Experience within His Theoretical Philosophy 3. Synthetic a priori Propositions 4. The Existential Hypothesis in Kant's Fundamental Question 5. The Influence of Isaac Newton, Chr. Wolff and D. Hume upon Kant's Conception of Science 6. Kant's Antinomy of Experience 7. Kant's Project for a Solution: Synthetic a priori Statements as the Way out of the Dilemma 8. A Remark on the Relation between the 'Regressive' and the 'Progressive' Argument
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II: The Logical Structure of the Progressive Argument 1. The Aim of the Progressive Argument 2. Kant as a Rationalist Precursor of the Theory of Eliminative and Enumerative Induction
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3. Kant's Theory of Structural Reduction or a priori Elimi
