Knowledge, Science, and Values: A Program for Scientific PhilosophyFrom the contents: Some ancient problems in modern form. - On the humanities. - On the method of analytic description. - On the problem of induction. - On discussion and discussing. - On happiness. - How to understand the meaning of life'. - How to construct the logic of goods? - The meaning and the value of life. - Conflicts in ethics. - What are values? - Three attitudes towards the world. - On two views of the world. - A few remarks on rationalism and empiricism. - Identity and the individual in its persistence. - Sensory cognition and reality. - Philosophy at the crossroads." |
Contents
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On the Method of Analytic Description | 42 |
On the Problem of Induction | 52 |
On Discussion and Discussing | 60 |
On Logical Culture | 68 |
On Hypotheses | 76 |
Scientific Description | 150 |
On Happiness | 159 |
How to Construct the Logic of Goods? | 169 |
The Meaning and the Value of Life | 175 |
Conflicts in Ethics | 181 |
What are Values? | 187 |
Three Attitudes towards the World | 197 |
On Two Views of the World | 203 |
9 | 78 |
On the Classification of Sentences and Propositional Functions | 87 |
On Traditional Distinctions between Definitions | 96 |
Deictic Definitions | 103 |
Induction and Reasoning by Analogy | 110 |
The Classification of Reasonings and its Consequences in the Theory | 119 |
On the socalled Direct Justification and Selfevidence | 134 |
On the Unity of Science | 140 |
A Few Remarks on Rationalism and Empiricism | 211 |
Identity and the Individual in Its Persistence | 218 |
Sensory Cognition and Reality | 226 |
Philosophy at the Crossroads | 241 |
On Individuals and Existence | 248 |
Jacek Juliusz Jadacki Trouble with Ontic Categories or Some Remarks | 255 |
Wiesław Mincer The Bibliography of Tadeusz Czeżowski | 269 |
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Page 22 - Now where is that process of reasoning which, from one instance, draws a conclusion, so different from that which it infers from a hundred instances that are nowise different from that single one? This question I propose as much for the sake of information, as with an intention of raising difficulties. I cannot find, I cannot imagine any such reasoning.