Rationality and Science: Can Science Explain Everything? - Softcover

Trigg, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631190376 ISBN 13: 9780631190370

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1993

Synopsis

In this important new work, Professor Trigg deals with the question of the rational foundations of science. In so doing, he explains and evaluates the views of Rorty, Wittgensteing, Quine, Putnam, and Hawking, amongst others. The limits of science and rationality are explored and the power of human reason is in the end upheld.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In this accessible introduction to a popular debate, Professor Trigg faces the issues squarely and examines how far it is possible to give reasons for trusting science. In defending a realist outlook, Trigg shows that even physical science must be given metaphysical foundations. In doing so, he explains and evaluates the views of Rorty, Wittgenstein, Quine, Putnam, and Hawking, amongst others. The limits of science and rationality are explored and the power of human reason is in the end upheld.

About the Author:

Roger Trigg is the Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. He is the author of many books and articles on fundamental issues in the philosophy of science and of social science. The most recent include Understanding Social Science (1985), Ideas of Human Nature (1988), and Reality at Risk.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0631190376
• ISBN 13: 9780631190370
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260