WHY DOES THE SUN STILL RISE? - A DIFFICULT ANSWER TO A SIMPLE QUESTION - Cover Image

WHY DOES THE SUN STILL RISE? - A DIFFICULT ANSWER TO A SIMPLE QUESTION -
WHY DOES THE SUN STILL RISE? - A DIFFICULT ANSWER TO A SIMPLE QUESTION -

Author(s): Adrian Costache
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: language; life-world; fact of science; trivialized scientific knowledge; Eugen Coseriu; Hans-Georg Gadamer; Alfred Schutz

Summary/Abstract: The object of the present study is the relationship between the idea that „the sun rises” and the fundamental thesis of Copernicus’ view upon the universe. Arguing that this relationship is logically a contradiction, the present study endeavours to give the reasons why, from the point of view of Alfred Schutz’s inquiry into the life-world, it is not usually perceived as such.

  • Issue Year: 51/2006
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 163-172
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English