Scientific Conceptualization and Ontological Difference

Dimitri Ginev

Published by De Gruyter 2019

Scientific Conceptualization and Ontological Difference

Dimitri Ginev

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110605303

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Ginev works out a conception of the constitution of scientific objects in terms of hermeneutic phenomenology. Recently there has been a revival of interest in hermeneutic theories of scientific inquiry. The present study is furthering this interest by shifting the focus from interpretive methods and procedures to the kinds of reflexivity operating in scientific conceptualization. According to the book's central thesis, a reflexive conceptualization enables one to take into consideartion the role which the ontic-ontological difference plays in the constitution of scientific objects. The book argues for this thesis by analyzing the formation of objects of inquiry in a range of scientific domains stretching from highly formalized domains where the quest for objects' identities is carried out in terms of objects' emancipation from structures to linguistic and historiographic programs that avoid procedural objectification in their modes of conceptualization. The book sets up a new strategy for the dialogue between (the theories of) scientifc inquiry and hermeneutic phenomenology.

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Dimitri Ginev, Sofia University, Bulgaria; Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Animalizing the human and humanizing the animal: the ontological difference in scrutinizing the living Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2. Conceptualizing practices beyond the paradigm of discreteness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
3. Disclosing authentic lifeforms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
4. Existential agency and the authenticity of the self Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars, institutes, libraries (philosophy; science studies; biology; linguistics; history).
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 280
Keywords: Ontological difference; scientific objects; reflexivity; hermeneutic situations.

eBook

Published: July 22, 2019
ISBN: 9783110605303

Hardcover

Published: July 22, 2019
ISBN: 9783110603736