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The Material Realization of Science BOSTON STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Editors ROBERTS.COHEN,BostonUniversity JU¨RGENRENN,MaxPlanckInstitutefortheHistoryofScience KOSTASGAVROGLU,UniversityofAthens ManagingEditor LINDYDIVARCI,MaxPlanckInstitutefortheHistoryofScience EditorialBoard THEODOREARABATZIS,UniversityofAthens ALISABOKULICH,BostonUniversity HEATHERE.DOUGLAS,UniversityofPittsburgh JEANGAYON,Universite´ Paris1 THOMASF.GLICK,BostonUniversity HUBERTGOENNER,UniversityofGoettingen JOHNHEILBRON,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley DIANAKORMOS-BUCHWALD,CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology CHRISTOPHLEHNER,MaxPlanckInstitutefortheHistoryofScience PETERMCLAUGHLIN,Universita¨tHeidelberg AGUST´INIETO-GALAN,UniversitatAuto`nomadeBarcelona NUCCIOORDINE,Universita´ dellaCalabria ANASIMO˜ES,UniversidadedeLisboa JOHNJ.STACHEL,BostonUniversity SYLVANS.SCHWEBER,HarvardUniversity BAICHUNZHANG,ChineseAcademyofScience VOLUME294 Forfurthervolumes: http://www.springer.com/series/5710 Hans Radder The Material Realization of Science From Habermas to Experimentation and Referential Realism Revised Edition, with a New Postscript 123 HansRadder FacultyofPhilosophy VUUniversityAmsterdam DeBoelelaan1105 1081HVAmsterdam Netherlands ISSN0068-0346 ISBN978-94-007-4106-5 ISBN978-94-007-4107-2(eBook) DOI10.1007/978-94-007-4107-2 SpringerDordrechtHeidelbergNewYorkLondon LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2012935860 FirstDutcheditionpublished1984byVUUitgeverij,Amsterdam FirstEnglisheditionpublished1988byVanGorcum,Assen ©SpringerScience+BusinessMediaB.V.2012 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpartof thematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuseofillustrations,recitation, broadcasting,reproductiononmicrofilmsorinanyotherphysicalway,andtransmissionorinformation storageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodology nowknownorhereafterdeveloped.Exemptedfromthislegalreservationarebriefexcerptsinconnection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. 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Printedonacid-freepaper SpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com) Preface to the Revised English Edition Since 2004, the 1988 edition of this book has been unavailable. Some time ago, Irereadthebookandconcludedthattheremightbeinterestinpublishingarevised and expanded edition, for two reasons. First, in philosophy of science there is a renewed focus on the problem of scientific realism. Second, making a detailed connectionbetween“continental”philosophyand“analytic”philosophyofscience ispresentlylessunusualthanitwasinthe1980s.Inthisrespect,Iampleasedthat thebookispublishedintheBostonStudiesinthePhilosophyofScience,whichis atrulyinternationalbookseries. Therevisioninvolvedacarefuleditingofthecomplete1988edition,inpartby consulting the Dutch original. The book also needed a more informative subtitle andabetterindex.Thistime-consumingeditorialjobremindedmeofthefactthat nonnativespeakers of English have to put a lot of extra effortinto their scholarly work.Inspiteofthiseffort,Iamafraidthattheresultingbookstillbearsthetraces of its Dutch origin. As I suggested in the preface to the previous edition, readers withaprimaryinterestinsciencemightstartwithPartII,andthenreturntoPartI, whileforphilosophersfollowingthenormalorderwillbethemostrewarding. Therevisionentailedmanyadjustmentsofthetext,buttheseexclusivelyconcern the phrasing, and not the content, of the argumentation. I have chosen to keep thetemporalperspectiveofthe1988edition,whichimpliesthatqualificationslike “recently”shouldbeseenfromthatperspective.AlthoughIstillagreewithmostof theviewsexpressedintheoriginalbook,Ihavechangedsomeofmyviewsinsome respects.However,itprovedmoreappropriatetodiscussthesechangesinanewly addedPostscriptinsteadofincludingthemintheoriginalbook.Inaddition,inthe PostscriptIaddressseveralcriticismsofthebookmadebyotherauthors;Ipointto improvementsand developmentsof its subjects in my own later work; and I take up the question of how the book relates to a range of important issues in recent philosophyofscience. I am indebted to various people for their support of the book project or their comments on its substance. Thanks go to Joel Anderson, Steve Fuller, Valeriano Iranzo, Christian Krijnen, Theo Kuipers, Harry Kunneman, William Rehg, Bas v vi PrefacetotheRevisedEnglishEdition Van Fraassen, and Ioannis Votsis. Furthermore, I have much appreciated the valuable editorial assistance of Simon Mills, Petry Kievit and (as always) Sally Wyatt.Finally,afellowshipattheNetherlandsInstituteforAdvancedStudyinthe HumanitiesandSocialSciences(inWassenaar,theNetherlands)providedtheideal environmentforcarryingouttheproject. Amsterdam,December20,2011 Preface to the First English Edition ThisEnglisheditionisanalmostliteraltranslationoftheDutchtext.Occasionally, Ihaveaddedanexplanatoryremark,stimulatedbythecommentsof,amongothers, RogerCooke,WimdeJongandBasJongeling. It is a satisfying developmentin the scholarly study of science that, in the last fewyears,theinterestinexperimentandexperimentationhasbeendefinitelyonthe increase. Nevertheless, most studies published in this field did not prove directly relevant to the subject of this work. An exception is Ian Hacking’s Representing andIntervening,whichIdiscussbrieflyinthisedition. Iwouldliketosuggestthefollowingtothereader.Thetwopartsofthebookdo constituteacoherentwhole.Still,Icanimaginethatreadersprimarilyinterestedin naturalsciencecouldstartwithPartIIandthenreverttoPartI,whilethosewhotake amorephilosophicalinterestcanfollowthenaturalorder. Finally,IwouldliketothanktheNetherlandsOrganizationfortheAdvancement of Pure Research (ZWO) for making available a translation grant, the translators Tineke van Putten and Dawn Wolfswinkel for their contribution and the pleasant cooperation,andSusanvanPuttenandTiniTuijpfortypingoutthefinalmanuscript. Amsterdam,January21,1988 vii Preface to the Dutch Edition Now that this book has been finished, I would like to thank everybody who has contributedtoitsrealization.Byparticipatinginthesection“Philosophyoftheexact naturalsciences”oftheFacultyofPhilosophyoftheFreeUniversity,Iwasableto profitgreatlyfromthebroadandprofoundknowledgeandunderstandingavailable inthefieldofphilosophyofscience. WorkingasaneditorofKrisis,Igrewtounderstandtheimportanceoftheever- presentsocialandpoliticalpresuppositionsandimplicationsofphilosophicalviews. Accordingly,inthisbookIhavealsotriedtotakeintoaccountthefactthatpracticing philosophywillalwaysimplyan“interested”position. However,philosophyisalsoanacademicprofessionthathasitsownprofessional rules and criteria. In the Krisis study group “Alternatives in science” we tried to combine both aspects, the interested and the professional,and to developthem in various directions. The cooperation within this interdisciplinary group has had a moststimulatingeffectonme. Furthermore,philosophyofscienceinvolvesadditional,morespecialistrequire- ments.FromthedebatesintheDutch“Studygrouponthefoundationsofphysics” Ihavelearnedagooddeal,particularlyaboutthemeasurementprobleminquantum mechanics. The material realization of this book has been made possible thanks to the facilitiesoftheFacultyofPhilosophyandthefinancialsupportoftheBROfundof theFreeUniversityofAmsterdam.Ishouldalsomentionthepleasantcooperation withtypingofficeDeAanslagandwiththeVUBoekhandel/Uitgeverij. PeterKirschenmann,mythesissupervisor,hasplayedanimportantroleregard- ingthesubstanceofthebook.Histoleranceofotherpeople’sviewsandhisalways relevantandprofoundcommentsandcriticismhavehadaninvaluableinfluenceon the ultimate result of my research project. Less direct, but not less important, has beenthesupportIreceivedfromFrancis,NielsandWouter,especiallyconcerning thequestionoftheconditionsandlimitationsofworkingasatheoreticalresearcher. Finally, I would like to thank in particular: Ben Bakker, Hans van den Berg, Peter van den Besselaar, Rene´ Boomkens, Roger Cooke, Jon Dorling, Maarten ix x PrefacetotheDutchEdition Franssen,PeterGroenewegen,JanHilgevoord,DickHoekzema,JeanJaminon,Wim deJong,BasJongeling,JozefKeulartz,HarryKunneman,ChunglinKwa,Petervan Lieshout,AnnemarieMol,WillemdeMuynck,PieterPekelharing,ArieRip,Willem Roos,BertvanderSchaaf,HannekeStasseandKarenVintges. Amsterdam,March12,1984
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