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100 1 _aBunge, Mario.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aEvaluating Philosophies
_h[electronic resource] /
_cby Mario Bunge.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2012.
300 _aXIV, 200 p. 15 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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490 1 _aBoston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science,
_x0068-0346 ;
_v295
505 0 _aPreface -- Introduction.-   A. How to Nuture of Hinder Research -- 1 Philosophies and phobosophies -- 2 The philosophical matrix of scientific progress -- 3 Systemics and materalism --   B. Philosophy in Action -- 4 Technoscience? -- 5 Climate and logic -- 6 Information Science: one or many? -- 7 Wealth and wellbeing -- 8 Can standard economic theory explain crises? -- 9 Marxism: Promise and reality -- 10 Rules of law: Just and unjust --   C Philosophical Gaps.-  11 Are subjective probabilities admissible? -- 12 Can induction deliver high-level hypotheses?  .-   13 Bridging theory to data -- 14 Energy: physics or metaphysics?   -- 15 Does quantum physics refute realism? -- 16 Parallel universes? ¿Digital physics?  -- 17 Can functionalist psychology explain? -- 18 Knowledge pyramids and rosettes -- 19 Existence: one or two? -- 20 Conclusion: Evaluation Criterion --   21 Glossary.  .
520 _aPhilosophies, whether genuine or spurious, are not usually adopted because of their conceptual, empirical, or moral merits, but because of tradition, political interests, or even temperament–none of which is a good reason. The present book argues for a precise criterion: A philosophy is worth what it helps learn, act, conserve our common heritage, and get along with fellow humans.
650 0 _aPhilosophy (General).
650 0 _aScience
_xPhilosophy.
650 1 4 _aPhilosophy.
650 2 4 _aPhilosophy of Science.
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830 0 _aBoston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science,
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