Showing papers in "Journal for General Philosophy of Science in 1985"
TL;DR: The non-statement view of scientific theories contains a new conception of theoreticity: a function is "T-theoretical" if T must be presupposed for its calculation.
Abstract: The non-statement view of scientific theories contains a new conception of theoreticity: A function is „T-theoretical“ if T must be presupposed for its calculation. On the basis of this conception some philosophers came to the conclusion that scientific theories are not empirically testable because they contain T-theoretical functions. It is claimed that the attempt to test them ends in a circularity: The test of T presupposes T itself.
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TL;DR: In this article, a hermeneutic theory of action is proposed, which emphasises the importance of tradition, style and rituals, and demonstrates that action and structure presuppose and explain each other.
Abstract: If action theory is to be relevant for the study of social phenomena, its scope has to be enlarged so as to include social structures. A hermeneutic theory of action, which draws on the thoughts of Gadamer, Merleau-Ponty, Ricoeur and Giddens, can meet this requirement. The hermeneutic concept of action, which emphasises the importance of tradition, style and rituals, demonstrates that action and structure presuppose and explain each other. The mutual relationship between action and structure is particularly clear in theories of human development in the domain of psychology, psychotherapy and education. These theories can be used to construct a theory of social evolution, as has been developed by Habermas. By integrating structural, theoretical and critical points of view, a hermeneutic theory of action opens a perspective in which action theory and social theory might be successfully combined.
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TL;DR: The originality of Peirce's pragmatism is grounded in the very early project of a Logic, in which psychology and metaphysics are intimately connected as mentioned in this paper, and through a certain logical use of the sign of the word'sign', Peerce elaborates a logic, both more formal (anti-psychologism, critique of the metaphysics of intuition) and larger (raising a table of categories, studying the faculties through a logical analysis of the products of thought, developing a theory of reality and abstraction), on the Scotistic model of a speculative grammar.
Abstract: The originality of Peirce's pragmatism is grounded in the very early project Peirce draws of a Logic, in which psychology and metaphysics are intimately connected: under the influence of Kant, Boole and the Scolastics, and through a certain logical use of the sign, Peirce elaborates a Logic, both more formal (anti-psychologism, critique of the metaphysics of intuition) and larger (raising a table of categories, studying the faculties through «a logical analysis of the products of thought», developing a theory of reality and abstraction), on the Scotistic model of a Speculative Grammar.
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