The Problem of Rationality in Science and its Philosophy: On Popper vs. Polanyi The Polish Conferenc

Preface. Introduction. The Theory and Practice of Critical Rationalism; J. Agassi. A Deontological Approach to the Rationality of Science; F. D'Agostino. What Makes Induction Rational? D.M. Armstrong. The Osianderian Compromise; A. Boyer. Popper, Polanyi and the Notion of Rationality; A. Cattani. On the Nature of Explanation: a PDP Approach; P.M. Churchland. The Ambiguity of the Lakatos--Zahar Reconstruction of Classical and Relativistic Programmes; T. Grabinska. Approximative Truth and Depth as the Main Aims of Science; W. Krajewski. Personal Rationality -- Assessment of Theories; J. Misiek. Realism and Idealisation (Metaphysical Objections to Scientific Realism); A. Musgrave. Is Evolutionism a Scientific Theory? Z. Piatek. Rationality and Beyond; J.W. Plazowski. In Defence of the Positivist View of Science; M. Przelecki. On Polanyi's Notion of Rationality; W.T. Scott. Limitations of Determinism in Classical Mechanics; M. Tempczyk. Scientific Theoryhood; J. Watkins. On the Objectivity of the Popperian Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics; M. Zabierowski. How to De-Ruse Sociobiological Theory of Knowledge -- Tacit Knowing and the Rationality of Science? J. Zycinski. Index.