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Faith, Science, and Society
Peter Hodgson
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Paperback. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
In its concern with science as an essentially human enterprise, Faith, Science, and Society makes an original and challenging contribution to the philosophy of science. On its appearance in 1946 the book quickly became the focus of controversy. Polanyi aims to show that science must be understood as a community of inquirers held together by a common faith; science, he argues, is not the use of ""scientific method"" but rather consists in a discipline imposed by scientists on themselves in the interests of discovering an objective, impersonal truth. That such truth exists and can be found is part of the ... Read more
In its concern with science as an essentially human enterprise, Faith, Science, and Society makes an original and challenging contribution to the philosophy of science. On its appearance in 1946 the book quickly became the focus of controversy. Polanyi aims to show that science must be understood as a community of inquirers held together by a common faith; science, he argues, is not the use of ""scientific method"" but rather consists in a discipline imposed by scientists on themselves in the interests of discovering an objective, impersonal truth. That such truth exists and can be found is part of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781932589467
SKU
V9781932589467
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Ref
99-50
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