Acta Iadertina, Vol. 7 No. 1, 2010.
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Nagel's critique of Maritain's philosophy of science
Ivan Zelić
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The aim of this paper is to present the Nagel's critique, then Maritain's possible answer to that critique, and to assess the scope and value of Nagel's critique. Nagel actually does not deal with issues of the philosophy of science, but with the possibility of knowledge outside of science, ie of philosophical, metaphysical knowledge. Since according to his own formulation the impossibility of the existence of such a knowledge is his starting premise, he is not able to properly criticize the contrary view. Nagel did not considered necessary to prove his scientistic thesis, whereas Maritain argued the opposing thesis. In fact, Nagel is not really even bothered to get to know better Maritain's philosophy of science. In Nagel's use of harsh labels in his critique emerges one worldview intolerance, because this kind of criticism is in drastic contrast to the calm, rational and reasoned style of most of his writings, especially in philosophy of science.
Ključne riječi
Maritain; Nagel; philosophy of science; knowledge
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190083
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14.10.2017.
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