Paul K. Feyerabend Philosophical Papers, Volume L Realism, Rationalism And Scientific Method

Shared by Chidi Okonkwo • physics, philosophy • 2000

Introduction to volumes I and 2 ix PART I ON THE INTERPRETATION OF SCIENTIFIC THEORIES 1 1 Introduction: scientific realism and philosophical realism 3 1 Historical background 3 2 Types of realism 5 3 Maxwell and Mach 11 4 The double language model 13 5 Incommensurability 15 2 An attempt at a realistic interpretation of experience 17 1 Introduction 17 2 Observation languages 17 3 The stability thesis 20 4 Pragmatic meaning; complementarity 21 5 Phenomenological meaning 24 6 Refutation of the stability thesis: 'everyday language' 29 7 The logical basis of the arguments in section 6 33 3 On the