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32Scientific Realism vs. Constructive EmpiricismThe Monist 65 (3): 336-349. 1982.Notice that I’m not saying that observations we in fact have made are not relevant to our beliefs about what exists. But the mere fact that something is observable does not give us any reason to think that it ever has or will in fact be observed. The issue between us is whether mere observability—as distinct from actual observation—is relevant to our beliefs about what exists. I submit that it is not.
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88Review of Brian Leiter (ed.), The Future for Philosophy (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2005 (12). 2005.
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60Einstein's discovery of special relativityPhilosophy of Science 39 (1): 51-68. 1972.This paper discusses the controversy between philosophers of science (e.g. Grünbaum) and historians of science (e.g. Holton) regarding Einstein's discovery of STR. Although Holton is surely correct on the historical point that experimental results (especially the Michelson-Morley experiment) had little influence on Einstein's development of STR, this fact is not sufficient to establish his (and Polanyi's) claim that major scientific discoveries are primarily matters of private, nonspecifiable in…Read more
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222Scientific realism vs. constructive empiricism: A dialogueThe Monist 65 (3). 1982.Notice that I’m not saying that observations we in fact have made are not relevant to our beliefs about what exists. But the mere fact that something is observable does not give us any reason to think that it ever has or will in fact be observed. The issue between us is whether mere observability—as distinct from actual observation—is relevant to our beliefs about what exists. I submit that it is not.
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26Aspects of current history of philosophy of science in the French traditionIn Thomas Uebel, Stephan Hartmann, Wenceslao Gonzalez, Marcel Weber, Dennis Dieks & Friedrich Stadler (eds.), The Present Situation in the Philosophy of Science, Springer. pp. 41. 2010.
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21Michel Foucault's Archaeology of Scientific Reason, by Gary Gutting (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 51 (4): 956-958. 1991.
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In the twentieth centuryIn Dermot Moran (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century Philosophy, Routledge. 2008.
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458Thomas Kuhn and French philosophy of scienceIn Thomas Nickles (ed.), Thomas Kuhn, Cambridge University Press. pp. 45. 2002.
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46Foucault: A Very Short IntroductionOxford University Press. 2005.This VSI highlights Foucault's life and thought, showing his impact on today's society. Beginning with a brief biography to set the social and political stage, Gary Gutting then tackles Foucault's thoughts on literature, in particular the avant-garde scene; his philosophical and historical work; and his treatment of knowledge and power in modern society, including his thoughts on sexuality.
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222 Rorty's Critique of EpistemologyIn Charles Guignon & David R. Hiley (eds.), Richard Rorty, Cambridge University Press. pp. 41. 2003.
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58Can Philosophical Beliefs Be Rationally Justified?American Philosophical Quarterly 19 (4). 1982.
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16Paradigms and Revolutions: Appraisals and Applications of Thomas Kuhn's Philosophy of ScienceUniversity of Notre Dame Press. 1980.
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11Husserl's Phenomenology and the Foundations of Natural Science. Charles W. HarveyIsis 82 (3): 604-605. 1991.
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24Review of Lois McKay, Foucault: a Critical Introduction (review)International Studies in Philosophy 30 (2): 140-141. 1998.
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1Bergson and Merleau-Ponty on experience and scienceIn Michael R. Kelly (ed.), Bergson and phenomenology, Palgrave-macmillan. 2010.
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5Review of Noretta Koertge: A House Built on Sand: Exposing Postmodernist Myths About Science (review)British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 51 (1): 191-195. 2000.
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35Thinking the impossible: French philosophy since 1960Oxford University Press. 2011.The late 20th century saw a remarkable flourishing of philosophy in France. The work of French philosophers is wide ranging, historically informed, often reaching out beyond the boundaries of philosophy; they are public intellectuals, taken seriously as contributors to debates outside the academy. Gary Gutting tells the story of the development of a distinctively French philosophy in the last four decades of the 20th century. His aim is to arrive at an account of what it was to 'do philosophy' i…Read more
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21The Synoptic Vision: Essays on the Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars (edited book)University of Notre Dame Press. 1977.
Gary Gutting
(1942 - 2019)
Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Metaphilosophy |
Philosophy of Religion |
General Philosophy of Science |
Continental Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
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