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by Kurt Hubner


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A systematic critique of the notion that natural science is the sovereign domain of truth, Critique of Scientific Reason uses an extensive and detailed investigation of physics--and in particular of Einstein's theory of relativity--to argue that the positivistic notion of rationality is not only wrongheaded but false. Kurt Hbner contends that positivism ignores both the historical dimension of science and the basic structures common to scientific theory, myth, and so-called subjective symbolic systems. Moreover, Hbner argues, positivism has led in our time to a widespread disillusionment with science and technology.

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When we turn the key in the ignition switch of our car, we expect the motor to start; in the dark when we flip a light switch, we expect the light to come on; the movement of the stars can be predictably calculated; chemical reactions are constantly produced by the same means.

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Critique of Scientific Reason uses an extensive and detailed investigation of physics - and in particular of Einstein's theory of relativity - to argue that the positivistic notion of rationality is not only wrongheaded but false.

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  • Title The Critique of Scientific Reason
  • Author Kurt Hubner
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 291
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Date May 12, 1988
  • ISBN 9780226357096

About the author

Kurt Hbner is Professor Ordinarius of the Philosophisches Seminar of the University of Kiel.
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