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Philosophy and Scientific Realism

By J J C Smart

Published April 10th 2013 by Routledge – 166 pages

Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

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    Originally published in 1963. In an introductory chapter the author argues that philosophy ought to be more than the art of clarifying thought and that it should concern itself with outlining a scientifically plausible world view. Early chapters deal with phenomenalism and the reality of theoretical entities, and with the relation between the physical and biological sciences. Free will, issues of time and space and man’s place in nature are covered in later chapters.

    Contents

    1. The Province of Philosophy. 2 Physical Objects and Physical Theories. 3 Physics and Biology. 4 The Secondary Qualities. 5 Consciousness. 6 Man as a Physical Mechanism. 7 The Space-Time World. 8 Man and Nature

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