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The End of Science?. Attack and Defense.
Richard Q. Elvee
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Hardback. This title asks not whether science itself is about to end or even to wane, but whether people will stop claiming that science knows nature as it is. Science, it suggests, may know nature only as scientists see it; or even that, in "knowing" nature, scientists to some extent create it. Series: Nobel Conference S. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
The title The End of Science? asks not whether science itself is about to end or even to wane, but whether people will stop claiming that science knows nature as it is. Science, it suggests, may know nature only as the scientist sees it. Or the title suggests that, in knowing nature, scientists to some extent create nature. No one bothers to ask philosophers or theologians, poets, or politicians, workers or bosses whether they know the world as it is. It is common knowledge that the world for which they speak has been affected already by their description ... Read more
The title The End of Science? asks not whether science itself is about to end or even to wane, but whether people will stop claiming that science knows nature as it is. Science, it suggests, may know nature only as the scientist sees it. Or the title suggests that, in knowing nature, scientists to some extent create nature. No one bothers to ask philosophers or theologians, poets, or politicians, workers or bosses whether they know the world as it is. It is common knowledge that the world for which they speak has been affected already by their description ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
Series
Nobel Conference S.
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780819184894
SKU
V9780819184894
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