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This book offers the most complete and up-to-date overview of the philosophical work of Evandro Agazzi, presently the most important Italian philosopher of science and one of the most influential in the world. Scholars from seven countries explore  his contributions in areas ranging from philosophy of physics and general philosophy of science to bioethics, philosophy of mathematics and logic, epistemology of the social sciences and history of science, philosophy of language and artificial intelligence, education and anthropology, metaphysics and philosophy of religion. Agazzi developed a complete and coherent philosophical system, anticipating some of the turns in the philosophy of science after the crisis of logical empiricism and exerting an equal influence on continental hermeneutic philosophy. His work is characterized by an original synthesis of contemporary analytic philosophy, phenomenology and classical philosophy, including the scholastic tradition and these threads are reflected in the different backgrounds of the contributors to this book. While upholding the epistemological value of science against scepticism and relativism, Agazzi eschews scientism by stressing the equal importance of non-scientific forms of thought, such as metaphysics and religion. While defending the freedom of research as a cognitive enterprise, he argues that as a human and social practice it must nonetheless respect ethical constraints.

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Author:   Mario Alai ,  Marco Buzzoni ,  Gino Tarozzi
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   5.329kg
ISBN:  

9783319364674

ISBN 10:   3319364677
Pages:   337
Publication Date:   09 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

An overview of Agazzi’s work.- Scientific objectivity.- Philosophy of physics.- Philosophical anthropology.- Science and operationality.- Science and historicity.- The issue of scientific realism.- Artificial intelligence.- Metaphysics and ontology.- Education The contribution to Latin American philosophy.- Epistemology and history of science.- History of Science and technology.- Epistemology of psychology.- Science and hermeneutics.- A perspectivist conception of scientific theories.- Ethics of science and technology.- Bioethics Philosophy of the social sciences.- Science and religion.- The Issue of alethic logic Realism and scientific progress System’s theory and complexity.- Philosophy of language.- Philosophy of mathematics and logic.- Logic and philosophy of logic Replies and reflections.

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