To salvage Neurath

Article Abstract:

The book 'Otto Neurath: Philosophy Between Science and Politics' by Nancy Cartwright, Jordi Cat, Lola Fleck and Thomas E. Uebel is analyzed. Philosopher Otto Neurath believed that science was empirical although observation reports were uncertain. He advocated the conventionalist philosophy of Pierre Duhem by rejecting demands for empirical foundations of theories. He also described Popper's view of scientific theories as pseudo-rationalist.

Philosophers, Bibliography, Neurath, Otto

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Back to the drawing board

Article Abstract:

Ian Hacking bravely uses 'nominalism' idiosyncratically within ontologies without explaining it or its qualifier. This idea is found to be a proposal, rather than a theory, much less an ontological theory, as it does not say what things are made of and are often misleading.

United States, Analysis, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Ontology, Hacking, Ian, Nominalism

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Reply to Professor Gross

Article Abstract:

The review of Alan G. Gross's 'Rhetoric of Science' is discussed, in reply to a previous response.

Criticism and interpretation, The Rhetoric of Science (Book), Gross, Alan G.

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