¶ … Rationality: Predictive Theories are Better or Not?
Philosophy
Carl Gustav Hempel is a leader of the logical positivist movement. Logical positivism, also known as logical empiricism or logical neopostivism, rose as a movement in Hempel's home of Germany in the early to mid 20th century. Logical positivism's primary concern lies in the critical analysis of scientific knowledge and natural sciences with definite meaning. Logical positivism and thus Hempel argue for the exploration and clarification of amorphous or ambiguous concepts to make them the exact antithesis -- precise and exactly articulated. Karl Popper, a self-titled "critical rationalist" is a philosophical exemplar of thinkers who directly influence science and technical matters. Popper's theories combine matters of philosophy, the social realm, politics, and science comprehensively and succinctly. Thus, the paper addresses the question of the topic with this context in mind: is it rational to give more credence to theories that predict or explain evidence? The paper will propose a philosophical definition of rationality and subsequently...
Quite simply, rationality is the use of reason. Rationality is a process by which philosophers (or people being philosophical) deduce conclusions to matters upon which they have pondered with gravity. Logic and efficiency characterize rationality as well. Furthermore, evidence is a matter of great contention within the study philosophy. Epistemology is a branch of philosophy in which the entire thrust of the thinking is to consider how we know what we think we know. Therefore, before the reader even approaches the answer to the question, the question must be deconstructed, interpreted, and summarized clearly, else the direction in which we venture for the answer may not only be the wrong one, which is still valuable, but also that direction may be counterproductive or wasteful.
The etymology of the word "theory" stretches back to the times of Ancient Greece. Theories are structured ideas or concepts that…
