Anti-Scientism, Conceptual Analysis and High-End Science Journalism

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Anti-Scientism, Conceptual Analysis and High-End Science Journalism

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In Ancient Greece, when philosophy began, it included all theoretical knowledge. Later, however, at the time of Aristotle, specialized sciences began to emerge and the scope of philosophy grew smaller and smaller. The question is what to do when philosophy has lost its ability to deal with any relevant topic. The paper discusses three possible views of the relation between philosophy and science: anti-scientism, conceptual analysis and naturalism. All these approaches have various disadvantages. For anti-scientism it is mainly the inability to explain the unprecedented success of modern science. Proponents of conceptual analysis are confronted with Quine's attack on analytic statements and its consequences for a priori truths. Finally, naturalistic philosophers might be threatened by the hegemony of science and its universal application of the hypothetico-deductive method. The worst scenario for naturalistic philosophers is not as bad as some fear. Philosophers can solve their traditional problems using a knowledge of well-established special sciences, even though they might play the role of high end science journalists.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Anti-Scientism, Conceptual Analysis and High-End Science Journalism

Popis výsledku anglicky

In Ancient Greece, when philosophy began, it included all theoretical knowledge. Later, however, at the time of Aristotle, specialized sciences began to emerge and the scope of philosophy grew smaller and smaller. The question is what to do when philosophy has lost its ability to deal with any relevant topic. The paper discusses three possible views of the relation between philosophy and science: anti-scientism, conceptual analysis and naturalism. All these approaches have various disadvantages. For anti-scientism it is mainly the inability to explain the unprecedented success of modern science. Proponents of conceptual analysis are confronted with Quine's attack on analytic statements and its consequences for a priori truths. Finally, naturalistic philosophers might be threatened by the hegemony of science and its universal application of the hypothetico-deductive method. The worst scenario for naturalistic philosophers is not as bad as some fear. Philosophers can solve their traditional problems using a knowledge of well-established special sciences, even though they might play the role of high end science journalists.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AA - Filosofie a náboženství

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Czech and Slovak Journal of Humanities

ISSN

1805-3742

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

2016

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

70-76

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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