reexamination of 19th century English philosophy of science from the perspective of contemporary philosophy of science

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K01997
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Iseda Tetsuji 京都大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (80324367)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 科学哲学 / 実証主義 / 科学方法論 / 規約主義 / J.S.ミル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we conducted textual investigations and other information gathering activities in order to reexamine 19th century philosophy of science from the point of view of contemporary philosophy of science. There are three issues named as the important points of comparison: demarcation problem, scientific realism, and philosophy of particular sciences (philosophy of physics, philosophy of biology, and philosophy of social sciences). In all these topics, the research revealed similarities and differences between 19th century thoughts and contemporary thoughts. In addition, this research focus on the interaction among three European countries (Great Britain, France and Germany) in terms of philosophy of science. Among other things, we examined the propagation of positivism from France (mixing with similar English thoughts) to Great Britain, Germany, Austria, and United States, finding that the thought has experienced significant transform in this process.

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科学哲学