Philosophy and Scientific Realism【英】Smart 哲学与科学实在论
PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENTIFIC REALISM
by J. J. C. Smart Hughes Professor of Philosophy, University of Adelaide
LONDON
ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAUL
NEW YORK : THE HUMANITIES PRESS
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First published 1963 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane London, E.C.4
Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay and Company, Ltd. Bungay, Suffolk
© J. J. C. Smart 1963
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except for the quotation of brief passages in criticism
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CONTENTS
PREFACE page I. THE PROVINCE OF PHILOSOPHY Philosophy and World View Philosophy and the Elimination of Nonsense Philosophy as more than the Elimination of Nonsense Synoptic Philosophy and Man's Place in Nature II. PHYSICAL OBJECTS AND PHYSICAL THEORIES Two Sorts of Phenomenalism Phenomenalism about Macroscopic Objects Phenomenalism about Sub-microscopic Objects The Nature of the Biological Sciences Psychology III. PHYSICS AND BIOLOGY IV. THE SECONDARY QUALITIES Is Physicalism Adequate ? Criticisms of Two Philosophical Views about Colours Positive Philosophical Theory of Colour Other Secondary Qualities The Limitations of Behaviouristic Analysis The Brain Process Theory V. CONSCIOUSNESS
