The Problem of Rationality in Science and its Philosophy: On Popper vs. Polanyi The Polish Conferences 1988-89 - Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science 1995 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Table of Contents: Preface. Introduction. The Theory and Practice of Critical Rationalism; J. Agassi. A Deontological Approach to the Rationality of Science; F. D'Agostino. What Makes Induction Rational? D. M. Armstrong. The Osianderian Compromise; A. Boyer. Popper, Polanyi and the Notion of Rationality; A. Cattani. On the Nature of Explanation: a PDP Approach; P. M. Churchland. The Ambiguity of the Lakatos--Zahar Reconstruction of Classical and Relativistic Programmes; T. Grabinska. Approximative Truth and Depth as the Main Aims of Science; W. Krajewski. Personal Rationality -- Assessment of Theories; J. Misiek. Realism and Idealisation (Metaphysical Objections to Scientific Realism); A. Musgrave. Is Evolutionism a Scientific Theory? Z. Piatek. Rationality and Beyond; J. W. Plazowski. In Defence of the Positivist View of Science; M. Przelecki. On Polanyi's Notion of Rationality; W. T. Scott. Limitations of Determinism in Classical Mechanics; M. Tempczyk. Scientific Theoryhood; J. Watkins. On the Objectivity of the Popperian Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics; M. Zabierowski. How to De-Ruse Sociobiological Theory of Knowledge -- Tacit Knowing and the Rationality of Science? J. Zycinski. Index. Publisher Marketing: This text is an outcome of two conferences held in Poland in 1987 and 1990. Both conferences dealt with the problem of rationality. The first put the problem in the context of the philosophy of Popper and Polanyi; the second involved the notion of the aim of science.