Research Catalog

Title

Observation and objectivity / Harold I. Brown.

Author

Brown, Harold I., 1940-

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

xii, 255 pages; 22 cm

Subject

• Knowledge, Theory of
• Science > Philosophy
• Perception (Philosophy)
• Objectivity
• Perception [Philosophy]
• epistemology
• perception
• Théorie de la connaissance
• Philosophie des sciences
• Perception (philosophie)
• Objectivité

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 239-247.

Contents

The functions of scientific theories. Domains ; Realism ; Explanation ; Research ; Theoretical entities and postulates -- Epistemological theories. Epistemology as a second-order science ; Plato: recollection and the forms ; Aristotelian realism ; Kant: the constitution of experience ; Sense-data -- Scientific observation. The electromagnetic spectrum ; Electron microscopes ; The Cavendish Balance ; Neutrinos ; Neutral weak currents ; Observation and theory -- Perceiving and observing. Non-epistemic seeing ; Epistemic seeing ; Observation ; Hearing ; Touch ; Taste and smell -- Sense-data, direct realism, and the Adverbial Theory. Sense-data ; Direct realism ; The Adverbial Theory -- A causal theory of perception. Material objects ; Causality ; Indeterminism ; Mind and body ; The senses as instruments ; Primary and secondary qualities ; Veridical and nonveridical perception ; Misperception ; Illusions ; Hallucinations ; The casual theory of perception: summary and objections -- Objectivity. Relevance ; Independence ; Objectivity ; Objectivity, progress, and truth ; Objectivity and rationality ; Objectivity and epistemology ; Conclusion.

ISBN

• 0195048253
• 9780195048254

LCCN

86018251

OCLC

• ocm14128771
• 14128771
• SCSB-9579161

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library