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Kantian epistemology as an alternative to heroic astronomyTheoretical and observational methods in astronomy have advanced to a point where certain of their outcomes are difficult to comprehend with the traditional categories of human knowledge. The philosophical discipline of epistemology, the theory of knowledge, is used here to address four current problems in observational astronomy, exobiology, cosmology, and quantum mechanics. The problems are united by an epistemological content which, when unrecognized, has resulted in some heroic solutions of an ad hoc nature. Kant's critical philosophy is employed because his work is consistent with basic attitudes in present-day physics and biology.
Document ID
19860040356
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Mclaughlin, W. I.
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Vistas in Astronomy
Volume: 28
ISSN: 0083-6656
Subject Category
General
Accession Number
86A25094
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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