Livre | Chapitre
The law of logarithmic returns and its implications
pp. 275-287
Résumé
Our knowledge of the real is inevitably the result of a belief-mediated grasp — or mis-grasp — of facts. Belief affords our only access to the knowledge of nature: our theories are the only feasible pathways to nature's laws. Kant was right: the "I think" is omnipresent in the cognitive domain — though in scientific contexts it generally comes into operation in the objectifying plural "we think". And this brings the characteristic mechanisms of mental operation upon the stage.
Détails de la publication
Publié dans:
Ginev Dimitri, Cohen Robert S (1997) Issues and images in the philosophy of science: scientific and philosophical essays in honour of Azarya Polikarov. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 275-287
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5788-9_16
Citation complète:
Rescher Nicholas, 1997, The law of logarithmic returns and its implications. In D. Ginev & R.S. Cohen (eds.) Issues and images in the philosophy of science (275-287). Dordrecht, Springer.