Pragmatic Idealism and Scientific Prediction

Analyzes an important system of pragmatic idealism and its approach to prediction in science

Presents readers with a comprehensive philosophico-methodological analysis

Highlights a prominent philosopher's contribution to a central topic for the philosophy and methodology of science

Autorentext

Amanda Guillán is a member of the research group of The Philosophy and Methodology of the Sciences of the Artificial at the University of A Coruña. She has been a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Pittsburgh for several months in the years 2014 and 2015, where she worked with Nicholas Rescher. Her main research interests lie in the philosophy and methodology of science; especially, in issues related to scientific prediction as well as prescription in applied sciences, mainly focused on the sciences of design.

Inhalt

Part I: General Coordinates, Semantic Features and Logical Components of Scientific Prediction.- Chapter 1. Scientific Prediction in a System of Pragmatic Idealism.- Chapter 2. Analysis of Scientific Prediction from Language.- Chapter 3. Logical Features of Scientific Prediction.- Part II. Logical Features of Scientific Prediction.- Chapter 4. Epistemological Factors of Scientific Prediction.- Chapter 5. Epistemological Factors of Scientific Prediction.- Chapter 6. Methods of Prediction and their Scientific Import.- Part III: From Reality to Values: Ontological Features, Axiological Elements, and Ethical Aspects of Scientific Prediction.- Chapter 7. Ontology of Scientific Prediction.- Chapter 8. Axiological Elements of Scientific Prediction.- Chapter 9. Analysis of Prediction from the Ethics of Scientific Research.