Pragmatic Idealism and Scientific Prediction [electronic resource] : A Philosophical System and Its Approach to Prediction in Science /
Guillán, Amanda.author.
This monograph analyzes Nicholas Rescher’s system of pragmatic idealism. It also looks at his approach to prediction in science. Coverage highlights a prominent contribution to a central topic in the philosophy and methodology of science.  The author offers a full characterization of Rescher’s system of philosophy. She presents readers with a comprehensive philosophico-methodological analysis of this important work. Her research takes into account different thematic realms: semantic, logical, epistemological, methodological, ontological, axiological, and ethical. The book features three, thematic-parts: I) General Coordinates, Semantic Features and Logical Components of Scientific Prediction; II) Predictive Knowledge and Predictive Processes in Rescher’s Methodological Pragmatism; and III) From Reality to Values: Ontological Features, Axiological Elements, and Ethical Aspects of Scientific Prediction. This insightful analysis offers a critical reconstruction of Rescher’s philosophy. The system he created is often characterized as pragmatic idealism that is open to some realist elements. He is a prominent representative of contemporary pragmatism who has made a great deal of contributions to the study of this topic. This area is crucial for science and it has been little considered in the philosophy of science. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
This monograph analyzes Nicholas Rescher’s system of pragmatic idealism. It also looks at his approach to prediction in science. Coverage highlights a prominent contribution to a central topic in the philosophy and methodology of science.  The author offers a full characterization of Rescher’s system of philosophy. She presents readers with a comprehensive philosophico-methodological analysis of this important work. Her research takes into account different thematic realms: semantic, logical, epistemological, methodological, ontological, axiological, and ethical. The book features three, thematic-parts: I) General Coordinates, Semantic Features and Logical Components of Scientific Prediction; II) Predictive Knowledge and Predictive Processes in Rescher’s Methodological Pragmatism; and III) From Reality to Values: Ontological Features, Axiological Elements, and Ethical Aspects of Scientific Prediction. This insightful analysis offers a critical reconstruction of Rescher’s philosophy. The system he created is often characterized as pragmatic idealism that is open to some realist elements. He is a prominent representative of contemporary pragmatism who has made a great deal of contributions to the study of this topic. This area is crucial for science and it has been little considered in the philosophy of science. .
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Sociology-Research.
Pragmatism.
Research-Moral and ethical aspec.
Philosophy of Science.
Research Methodology.
Pragmatism.
Research Ethics.