Scientific Realism and Postmodern Philosophy

The debate over scientific or critical realism. Modern thought is characterized by foundationalism in epistemology and representationalism in philosophy of language, while holism in epistemology and the theory of meaning as use in postmodern philosophy.

Рубрика Философия
Предмет Philosophy
Вид статья
Язык английский
Прислал(а) Murphy N.
Дата добавления 11.08.2013
Размер файла 1,2 M

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