An Enlightened Revolt: on the Philosophy of Nicholas Maxwell |
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Authors: | Agustin Vicente |
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Affiliation: | (1) Ikerbasque, University of the Basque Country, Avda. Tolosa, 70, 20080 Donostia, Spain |
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Abstract: | This paper is a reaction to the book “Science and the Pursuit of Wisdom”, whose central concern is the philosophy of Nicholas Maxwell. I distinguish and discuss three concerns in Maxwell’s philosophy. The first is his critique of standard empiricism (SE) in the philosophy of science, the second his defense of aim-oriented rationality (AOR), and the third his philosophy of mind. I point at some problematic aspects of Maxwell’s rebuttal of SE and of his philosophy of mind and argue in favor of AOR. |
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