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Scientific Theories and Philosophical Stances

Themes from van Fraassen

Claus Beisbart (Hrsg.), Michael Frauchiger (Hrsg.)

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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / 20. und 21. Jahrhundert

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Since the publication of his seminal monograph "The scientific image", Bas van Fraassen is a key figure in philosophy of science. In this book, other philosophers with various outlooks critically discuss his work on theories, empiricism and philosophical stances.

The book starts with a new article by van Fraassen on his preferred account of theories, the so-called semantic view. This account is now 50 years old, and van Fraassen takes this anniversary as an opportunity to review the account, its history and the philosophical discussion about it.

In the main part of the book, Nancy Cartwright, Finnur Dellsén, Matthias Egg, Steven French, Michael Friedman, Milena Ivanova and Michela Massimi discuss van Fraassen's contributions to philosophy. Three chapters focus on his engagement with realism (French, Friedman, Ivanova). Others study his voluntarism (Cartwright) and his view on representation (Massimi). Finally, there are contributions about his elaboration of empiricism (Dellsén) and his proposal to consider philosophical positions as stances (Egg).

The volume includes a laudatio written by Steven French and finishes with a reply by van Fraassen to his critics.

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konstruktiver Empirismus, Bas, van Fraassen, Bas, van Fraassen, semantische Sichtweise von Theorien, Repräsentation, constructive empiricism, representation, semantic view of theories