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Universitätsphilosophie in Münster
Philosophiert und Philosophie gelehrt wurde an der Universität Münster von Anfang an im Spannungsfeld von Pietät und Weltbezug. Sind es einerseits die Pietät gegenüber der christlichen, in Münster vor allem katholisch geprägten Religion und der Respekt vor der Geschichtlichkeit des menschlichen Denkens wie der menschlichen Existenz überhaupt, die die Münsteraner Universitätsphilosophie prägen, dokumentiert deren Geschichte zugleich immer neue Facetten philosophischen Weltbezugs – und eine erstaunliche Offenheit für neue Impulse, wie sie beispielsweise im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert von der formalen Logik, der analytischen Philosophie und der Erneuerung der praktischen Philosophie ausgegangen sind. Aus Anlass der Eröffnung des neuen Philosophikums der Universität Münster versammelt dieser Band Studien zur Geschichte der Münsterschen Universitätsphilosophie von der Universitätsgründung 1780 bis zur Ausgliederung der Naturwissenschaften aus der Philosophischen Fakultät 1948 und zu den drei Philosophen, die Münsters Universitätsphilosophie im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert nachhaltig geprägt haben: Heinrich Scholz, Joachim Ritter und Hans Blumenberg. Die Beiträger: Margarita Kranz, Johannes Müller-Salo, Birgit Recki, Reinold Schmücker, Niko Strobach
Interdisciplinary Reflections
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Scientific progress depends crucially on scientific discoveries. Yet the topic of scientific discoveries has not been central to debate in the philosophy of science. This book aims to remedy this shortcoming. Based on a broad reading of the term “science” (similar to the German term “Wissenschaft ”), the book convenes experts from different disciplines who reflect upon several intertwined questions connected to the topic of making scientific discoveries.
Among these questions are the following: What are the preconditions for making scientific discoveries? What is it that we (have to) do when we make discoveries in science? What are the objects of scientific discoveries, how do we name them, and how do scientific names function? Do dis-coveries in, say, physics and biology, share an underlying structure, or do they differ from each other in crucial ways? Are other fields such as theology and environmental studies loci of scientific discovery? What is the purpose of making scientific discoveries? Explaining nature or reality? Increasing scientific knowledge? Finding new truths? If so, how can we account for instructive blunders and serendipities in science?
In the light of the above, the following is an encompassing question of the book: What does it mean to make a discovery in science, and how can scientific discoveries be distinguished from non-scientific discoveries?
Among these questions are the following: What are the preconditions for making scientific discoveries? What is it that we (have to) do when we make discoveries in science? What are the objects of scientific discoveries, how do we name them, and how do scientific names function? Do dis-coveries in, say, physics and biology, share an underlying structure, or do they differ from each other in crucial ways? Are other fields such as theology and environmental studies loci of scientific discovery? What is the purpose of making scientific discoveries? Explaining nature or reality? Increasing scientific knowledge? Finding new truths? If so, how can we account for instructive blunders and serendipities in science?
In the light of the above, the following is an encompassing question of the book: What does it mean to make a discovery in science, and how can scientific discoveries be distinguished from non-scientific discoveries?