Pragmatism Works
essays on quantum theory, science, and metaphysics
$460.54
- Hardcover
632 pages
- Release Date
23 October 2025
Summary
Pragmatism Works: A Pragmatist View of Quantum Theory, Science, and Metaphysics
Pragmatism Works presents a unified pragmatist view of quantum theory, science, and metaphysics developed over the past fifteen years. The essays demonstrate the efficacy of pragmatism in both philosophy and science. The distinction between science and philosophy is a relatively recent development. The term ‘science’ once encompassed theoretical knowledge of all kinds, not just of the natural world. Only…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198911555 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198911556 |
| Author: | Richard Healey |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 632 |
| Release Date: | 23 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Richard Healey
Richard Healey was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona (1991–2021), Thyssen Research Fellow at Cambridge University (1978–80), Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (1980–87), and Associate Professor at the University of California, Davis (1988–91). He has published more than 60 articles as well as The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics: An Interactive Interpretation (Cambridge University Press, 1989). He also edited Reduction, Time and Reality (Cambridge University Press, 1981), The Authority of Reason by Jean Hampton (Cambridge University Press, 1998), and (with Geoffrey Hellman) Quantum Measurement: Beyond Paradox (University of Minnesota Press, 1998).
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