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On Richard Rorty's Post-Philosophy Of Science

Posted on:2009-05-24Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Q QiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2120360245968033Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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Richard Rorty, one of the most famous philosophers in modern America, is a radical, typical representative for those who strongly go against Scientism in modern time. Its anti-scientific ideas ignore science in the material and spiritual civilization of the great achievements made blindly discredit science, negating the value of science,it ultimately threaten the country's science and modernization process, threatening to the whole social progress. However, when we vigorously carry forward the spirit of science, and vigorously promote scientific undertakings, the rapid development of science and technology productivity on the way toward modernization, how do we face the Western post-industrial era of embarrassment, how to avoid the negative effects of scientific development, how to make the economy healthy Sustainable development. We still need to Rorty from the post-modern science and philosophy to learn positive factors.Therefore, this thesis is subdivided into three chapters. In the first chapter, outlined the topics of the papers at home and abroad and study the origins of the status quo. And expounded on modern science and philosophy was the idea of origin and academic background. The second chapter, the author of a comprehensive system to Rorty modern science and philosophy after the main contents, namely anti-realism, anti-image, and anti-nature, and to explain the replacement of epistemology, to replace the weak strong rational reason to synergies Interpretation of objectivity. And further pointed out that its essence is to weaken the scientific and rational, so as to replace the synergy of scientific objectivity, digestion, such as the demarcation of the scientific means to belittle the natural sciences, humanities attempt to replace science in human society and culture to occupy the leading position. the author of Rorty's post-modern philosophy of science major issues of principle conducted a preliminary evaluation. And then pointed out that modern science and philosophy of Chinaese scientific and technological development would have positive and negative effects.
Keywords/Search Tags:Richard Rorty, post-modern, philosophy of science
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