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Finalization in Science: The Social Orientation of Scientific Progress
Wolf Schafer
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Description for Finalization in Science: The Social Orientation of Scientific Progress
paperback. Translator(s): Burgess, Pete. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GB; PDA; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
These essays on Finalization in Science - The Social Orientation of Scientific Progress comprise a remarkable, problematic and controversial book. The authors propose a thesis about the social direction of scientific research which was the occasion of a lively and often bitter debate in Germany from 1976 to 1982. Their provocative thesis, briefly, is this: that modern science converges, historically, to the development of a number of 'closed theories', i. e. stable and relatively completed sciences, no longer to be improved by small changes but only by major changes in an entire theoretical structure. Further: that at such a stage ... Read more
These essays on Finalization in Science - The Social Orientation of Scientific Progress comprise a remarkable, problematic and controversial book. The authors propose a thesis about the social direction of scientific research which was the occasion of a lively and often bitter debate in Germany from 1976 to 1982. Their provocative thesis, briefly, is this: that modern science converges, historically, to the development of a number of 'closed theories', i. e. stable and relatively completed sciences, no longer to be improved by small changes but only by major changes in an entire theoretical structure. Further: that at such a stage ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400970823
SKU
V9789400970823
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