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Title

Bas C. van Fraassen : the fortunes of empiricism / Andreas Berg-Hildebrand, Christian Suhm (eds.).

Publication

Frankfurt : Ontos, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Berg-Hildebrand, Andreas.
• Suhm, Christian.
• Van Fraassen, Bas C., 1941-

Description

171 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.

Series Statement

Münstersche Vorlesungen zur Philosophie ; 9

Uniform Title

Münstersche Vorlesungen zur Philosophie (Series) ; 9.

Subjects

• Philosophy > Congresses
• Van Fraassen, Bas C., 1941- > Congresses
• Empiricism > Congresses

Note

• Lecture and colloquium papers.
• "9. Münstersche Vorlesungen zur Philosophie 2005 [=] 9th Münster Lectures on Philosophy 2005 mit/with Bas C. van Fraassen"
• In the Preface (p. [9]), the editors indicate that the contents are from the 10th (rather than the 9th) Münstersche Vorlesungen zur Philosophie, 30 May 2005.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Weyl's paradox : the distance between structure and perspective / Bas C. van Fraassen -- Observability and the epistemic community / Simone Bahrenberg ... [et al.] -- To be Prussian or not to be Prussian / Jochen Apel ... [et al.] -- The hardships of an empiricist / Andreas Berg-Hildebrand, Christian Suhm -- Experience becoming fully literate / Marie Kaiser, Raja Rosenhagen, Christian Suhm -- Indexical truth and anti-metaphysical inclinations / Raja Rosenhagen -- There's life in the old dog yet! / Sebastian Muders, Matthias Pohl -- Laws and metaphysics / Marius Backmann, Christian Suhm, Michael Trappe -- Empiricism without metaphysics? / Sebastian Muders -- Replies / Bas C. van Fraassen.

ISBN

• 3938793147 (pbk.)
• 9783938793145 (pbk.)

LCCN

99950638166

OCLC

• ocm69983651\
• 69983651
• SCSB-5660080

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries