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020			_a9783111019635
082			_a501.13 BEI-C
100			_aedited by Beisbart, Claus
245			_aScientific theories and philosophical stances : _bthemes from Van Fraassen / _cedited by Claus Beisbart and Michael Frauchiger
260			_aGermany _bDe Gruyter _c2024
300			_a240p.
500			_aSince the publication of his seminal monograph "The scientific image", Bas van Fraassen is a key figure in philosophy of science. In this book, other philosophers with various outlooks critically discuss his work on theories, empiricism and philosophical stances. The book starts with a new article by van Fraassen on his preferred account of theories, the so-called semantic view. This account is now 50 years old, and van Fraassen takes this anniversary as an opportunity to review the account, its history and the philosophical discussion about it. In the main part of the book, Nancy Cartwright, Finnur Dellsén, Matthias Egg, Steven French, Michael Friedman, Milena Ivanova and Michela Massimi discuss van Fraassen's contributions to philosophy. Three chapters focus on his engagement with realism (French, Friedman, Ivanova). Others study his voluntarism (Cartwright) and his view on representation (Massimi). Finally, there are contributions about his elaboration of empiricism (Dellsén) and his proposal to consider philosophical positions as stances (Egg). The volume includes a laudatio written by Steven French and finishes with a reply by van Fraassen to his critics.
650			_aScience--Philosophy--Congresses.
650			_aKnowledge, Theory of--Congresses.
650			_aEmpiricism--Congresses.
650			_aRealism--Philosophy--Congresses.
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