Collected Works: Scientific rationality, the human condition, and 20th century cosmology. 1
- ISBN-10
- 0199346356
- ISBN-13
- 9780199346356
- Series
- Collected Works
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Author
- Adolf Grunbaum
Description
This volume collects Adolf Grünbaum's most discussed essays on scientific rationality. It covers the problem of what it takes for a theory to be called scientific and asks whether it is plausible to draw a clear distinction between science and non-science. It also delves into the debate between determinism and indeterminism both in science and in the humanities, and defends the position of the human determinist. This then leads to a thorough criticism of the current theological approaches to ethics and morality, where Grünbaum defends an explicit secular humanism, as well as to a detailed critique of the prominent theistic interpretations of twentieth century physical cosmologies.
