Context of discovery and context of justification author. Born amidst wealth in saint petersburg, russia, to a russian father and american mother, george hoyningenhuene led a privileged childhood, exposed to painting and ballet at an early age. On the varieties of the distinction between the context of. Paul hoyningen huene is a philosopher of science with a phd in theoretical physics teaching at the institute of philosophy at the leibniz university of hannover, germany. This laudatio was delivered on the occasion of paul hoyningenhuenes retirement from the leibniz university hannover, 18 july 2014. In systematicity, paul hoyningenhuene answers the question what is science. In other, more philosophical texts, the topic is often presented as an indulgent collection of musings on issues for which technical solutions have long since been devised. Paul hoyningenhuene 2002 journal for general philosophy of science zeitschrift fur allgemeine wissenschaftstheorie 33 1. Professor paul hoyningen huene paul hoyningen huene was educated at the university of munich, imperial college london, and the university of zurich. This laudatio was delivered on the occasion of paul hoyningen huene s retirement from the leibniz university hannover, 18 july 2014. He is best known for his book reconstructing scientific revolutions.
George hoyningenhuene from film to fashion and back again. George hoyningenhuene is the perfect subject for aenigma a photographer who, in the early days of his career, got involved in the movie business, went on to work in the fashion industry and eventually fetched up in hollywood. Professor of philosophy, leibniz universitat hannover. Science is here understood in the broadest possible sense, encompassing not only the natural sciences but also mathematics, the social sciences, and the. Paul hoyningen huene born july 31, 1946 in pfronten, west germany is a german philosopher who specializes in general philosophy of science and research ethics. Paul hoyningenhuene is a philosopher of science with a phd in theoretical physics teaching at the institute of philosophy at the leibniz university of hannover, germany.
Paul hoyningenhuene 2006 studies in history and philosophy of science part a 37 4. The boxed materials include george hoyningen huene s fashion photographs in albums, chiefly taken during the 1930 s for various magazines, including vogue, with captions and credits to the designers. Pdf feyerabends kritik an kuhns normaler wissenschaft 1999. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Pdf context of discovery versus context of justification. Professor paul hoyningen huene hannover bearing the same title. Paul feyerabend paul hoyningenhuene briefwechsel 19831994. Reconsidering the miracle argument on the supposition of transient underdetermination paul hoyningenhuene center for philosophy and ethics of science, leibniz university of hannover abstract. Kuhns philosophy of science chicago university press, chicago, 1993, trans.
The original paradigm shift continues to influence views on science, 24. Hoyningenhuene responds with what i view as irrelevant albeit interesting comments about the nature of socalled empirical concepts. Kuhns philosophy of science, translated by alexander t. The boxed materials include george hoyningenhuenes fashion photographs in albums, chiefly taken during the 1930 s for various magazines, including vogue, with captions and credits to the designers. May 23, 2016 and whereas paul feyerabend, who also posed this question, supposed that it had to be the method of science, if anything at all, that distinguished it from other intellectual enterprises, hoyningen huene rejects the supposition that it has to be method and instead posits the feature of systematicity. Mar 12, 2020 this board is dedicated baron george hoyningenhuene september 4, 1900 september 12, 1968, a seminal fashion photographer of the 1920s and 1930s. Paul hoyningenhuene, reconstructing scientific revolutions. Neither karl popper, nor frank knight, nor max weber are cited or mentioned in friedmans famous 1953 essay on the methodology of positive economics f53. On the varieties of the distinction between the context of discovery and the context of justification. Paul hoyningenhuene, leibniz universitat hannover, ws 2014, 22.
Studies philosophy, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology. Reconsidering the miracle argument on the supposition of transient underdetermination paul hoyningen huene center for philosophy and ethics of science, leibniz university of hannover abstract. Upon encountering michelangelos work while on holiday in rome, he. Systematicity hardcover paul hoyningenhuene oxford. Preprint 211 des maxplanckinstituts fur wissenschaftsgeschichte, berlin 2002. Paul hoyningen huene many texts on logic are written with a mathematical emphasis, and focus primarily on the development of a formal apparatus and associated techniques.
Paul hoyningenhuene 1993 university of chicago press. He received a diploma in theoretical physics from the university of munich in 1971 and a phd in theoretical physics from the university of zurich in 1975. Reconsidering the miracle argument on the supposition of. Thomas kuhn and the nature of science mit press, cambridge, ma, 1993, pp. In this paper, i will show that the miracle argument is unsound if one assumes a certain form of transient underdetermination. Scienti c knowledge di ers from other kinds of knowledge, in particular from everyday knowledge, primarily by being more systematic. Science is here understood in the broadest possible sense, encompassing not only the natural sciences but also mathematics, the social sciences, and the humanities. The nature of science, paul hoyningenhuene tackles a considerably more ambitious question than the foregoing though still not the most. This laudatio was delivered on the occasion of paul hoyningenhuene s retirement from the leibniz university hannover, 18 july 2014.
Hoyningen huene holds the chair for theoretical philosophy, particularly philosophy of science at leibniz universitat hannover germany and is director of. Rowbottom, lingnan university in this epic tale, sir paul mounts his charger and sallies forth on a quest which nary. Feyerabends kritik an kuhns normaler wissenschaft 1999. In systematicity, paul hoyningen huene answers the question what is science. He is best known for his book r econstructing scientific revolutions. Professor paul hoyningenhuene paul hoyningen huene was educated at the university of munich, imperial college london, and the university of zurich. Paul hoyningenhuene, leibniz universitat hannover, institut fur philosophie department, emeritus. The nature of science oxford university press, new york, 20, isbn. He is best known for his neokantian interpretation of thomas s. And whereas paul feyerabend, who also posed this question, supposed that it had to be the method of science, if anything at all, that distinguished it from other intellectual enterprises, hoyningenhuene rejects the supposition that it has to be method and. But the issue here is not about empirical concepts, but rather about whether it is appropriate to make that decision in the way that hoyningenhuene evidently does namely, nonprovisionally and. Reductionism and systems theory in the life sciences some.
Paul hoyningenhuene many texts on logic are written with a mathematical emphasis, and focus primarily on the development of a formal apparatus and associated techniques. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. Hoyningenhuene, paul 1995, t wo letters of paul fe yerabend to thomas s. Paul hoyningenhuenes formal logic seeks to find a balance between the necessity of formal considerations and the importance of full reflection and explanation about the seemingly arbitrary steps that occasionally confound even the most serious student of logic. This information is published from the museums collection database. Also includes a portrait photographs of hoyningenhuene, igor stravinsky, and paul valery. Updates and additions stemming from research and imaging activities are ongoing, with new content added each week.
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