Continental Philosophy of Science
Blackwell Readings in Continental Philosophy
1. Edition December 2004
348 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-23610-8
John Wiley & Sons
Continental Philosophy of Science provides an expert guide to the major twentieth-century French and German philosophical thinking on science.
* A comprehensive introduction by the editor provides a unified interpretative survey of continental work on philosophy of science.
* Interpretative essays are complemented by key primary-source selections.
* Includes previously untranslated texts by Bergson, Bachelard, and Canguilhem and new translations of texts by Hegel and Cassirer.
* Contributors include Terry Pinkard, Jean Gayon, Richard Tieszen, Michael Friedman, Joseph Rouse, Mary Tiles, Hans-Jöerg Rheinberger, Linda Alcoff, Todd May, Axel Honneth, and Penelope Deutscher.
Notes on Contributors vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: What Is Continental Philosophy of Science 1
Gary Gutting
Hegel 17
1 Speculative Naturphilosophie and the Development of the Empirical Sciences: Hegel's Perspective 19
Terry Pinkard
2 Naturphilosophie 35
G W F Hegel
Bergson 41
3 Bergson's spiritualist metaphysics and the sciences 43
Jean Gayon
4 Psycho-physical parallelism and positive metaphysics 59
Henri Bergson
Cassirer 69
5 Ernst Cassirer and the Philosophy of Science 71
Michael Friedman
6 From Substance and Function 84
Ernst Cassirer
Husserl 91
7 Science as a Triumph of the Human Spirit and Science in Crisis: Husserl and the Fortunes of Reason 93
Richard Tieszen
8 From the Introduction to the Logical Investigations and from The Crisis of the European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology 113
Edmund Husserl
Heidegger 121
9 Heidegger on Science and Naturalism 123
Joseph Rouse
10 From On "Time and Being" 142
Martin Heidegger
Bachelard 155
11 Technology, Science, and Inexact Knowledge: Bachelard's Non-Cartesian Epistemology 157
Mary Tiles
12 From Essai sur la connaissance approchée 176
Gaston Bachelard
Canguilhem 185
13 Reassessing the Historical Epistemology of Georges Canguilhem 187
Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
14 The Object of the History of Sciences 198
Georges Canguilhem
Foucault 209
15 Foucault's Philosophy of Science: Structures of Truth/Structures of Power 211
Linda Martín Alcoff
16 From The History of Sexuality, vol. I: An Introduction 224
Michel Foucault
Deleuze 237
17 Gilles Deleuze, Difference, and Science 239
Todd May
18 From What Is Philosophy 258
Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari
Irigarary 263
19 On Asking the Wrong Question "In Science, Is the Subject Sexed?" 265
Penelope Deutscher
20 In Science, Is the Subject Sexed 283
Luce Irigaray
Habermas 293
21 Bisected Rationality: The Frankfurt School's Critique of Science 295
Axel Honneth
22 Knowledge and Human Interest: A General Perspective 310
Jürgen Habermas
Index 322
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: What Is Continental Philosophy of Science 1
Gary Gutting
Hegel 17
1 Speculative Naturphilosophie and the Development of the Empirical Sciences: Hegel's Perspective 19
Terry Pinkard
2 Naturphilosophie 35
G W F Hegel
Bergson 41
3 Bergson's spiritualist metaphysics and the sciences 43
Jean Gayon
4 Psycho-physical parallelism and positive metaphysics 59
Henri Bergson
Cassirer 69
5 Ernst Cassirer and the Philosophy of Science 71
Michael Friedman
6 From Substance and Function 84
Ernst Cassirer
Husserl 91
7 Science as a Triumph of the Human Spirit and Science in Crisis: Husserl and the Fortunes of Reason 93
Richard Tieszen
8 From the Introduction to the Logical Investigations and from The Crisis of the European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology 113
Edmund Husserl
Heidegger 121
9 Heidegger on Science and Naturalism 123
Joseph Rouse
10 From On "Time and Being" 142
Martin Heidegger
Bachelard 155
11 Technology, Science, and Inexact Knowledge: Bachelard's Non-Cartesian Epistemology 157
Mary Tiles
12 From Essai sur la connaissance approchée 176
Gaston Bachelard
Canguilhem 185
13 Reassessing the Historical Epistemology of Georges Canguilhem 187
Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
14 The Object of the History of Sciences 198
Georges Canguilhem
Foucault 209
15 Foucault's Philosophy of Science: Structures of Truth/Structures of Power 211
Linda Martín Alcoff
16 From The History of Sexuality, vol. I: An Introduction 224
Michel Foucault
Deleuze 237
17 Gilles Deleuze, Difference, and Science 239
Todd May
18 From What Is Philosophy 258
Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari
Irigarary 263
19 On Asking the Wrong Question "In Science, Is the Subject Sexed?" 265
Penelope Deutscher
20 In Science, Is the Subject Sexed 283
Luce Irigaray
Habermas 293
21 Bisected Rationality: The Frankfurt School's Critique of Science 295
Axel Honneth
22 Knowledge and Human Interest: A General Perspective 310
Jürgen Habermas
Index 322
"Continental philosophers in Britain and the United States
have for the most part ignored the enormous contribution of
continental philosophy to the philosophy of science, just as
philosophers of science in Britain and the United States have done.
Gary Gutting has long been a leading exponent of the importance of
this contribution and his superb collection, with its many new
translations, should go a long way toward turning the tide."
Robert Bernasconi, University of Memphis
"This masterful collection of original texts and expert
commentary demonstrates Continental philosophers' rich and
diverse engagement with science, dispelling the notion that
significant philosophical thinking about science is the sole
prerogative of 'analytic' philosophers."
Daniel Dahlstrom, Boston University
"This book makes a welcome contribution to the secondary
literature on the history and philosophy of modern science. Gary
Gutting has assembled an impressive gallery of essays, which
collectively advance a powerful, if relatively neglected,
interpretation of the development of scientific method and
practice. The pairing of influential historical figures with
leading contemporary commentators is especially valuable."
Daniel W. Conway, The Pennsylvania State University
have for the most part ignored the enormous contribution of
continental philosophy to the philosophy of science, just as
philosophers of science in Britain and the United States have done.
Gary Gutting has long been a leading exponent of the importance of
this contribution and his superb collection, with its many new
translations, should go a long way toward turning the tide."
Robert Bernasconi, University of Memphis
"This masterful collection of original texts and expert
commentary demonstrates Continental philosophers' rich and
diverse engagement with science, dispelling the notion that
significant philosophical thinking about science is the sole
prerogative of 'analytic' philosophers."
Daniel Dahlstrom, Boston University
"This book makes a welcome contribution to the secondary
literature on the history and philosophy of modern science. Gary
Gutting has assembled an impressive gallery of essays, which
collectively advance a powerful, if relatively neglected,
interpretation of the development of scientific method and
practice. The pairing of influential historical figures with
leading contemporary commentators is especially valuable."
Daniel W. Conway, The Pennsylvania State University
Gary Gutting holds the Notre Dame Chair in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His recent publications include Pragmatic Liberalism and the Critique of Modernity (1999), and French Philosophy in the Twentieth Century (2001). He is founder and editor of Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, an online book review journal