Science without laws /
Giere, Ronald N.,
Science without laws / Ronald N. Giere - London : The university of Chicago press c 1999 - x, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Science and its conceptual foundations . - Science and its conceptual foundations .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-279) and index
The Science Wars in Perspective -- Perspectives on Science Studies. Viewing Science ; Explaining Scientific Revolutions ; Science and Technology Studies -- Perspectives on Science. Naturalism and Realism ; Science without Laws of Nature ; The Cognitive Structure of Scientific Theories ; Visual Models and Scientific Judgment -- Perspectives on the Philosophy of Science. Philosophy of Science Naturalized ; Constructive Realism ; The Feminism Question in the Philosophy of Science ; From Wissenschaftliche Philosophie to Philosophy of Science -- Underdetermination, Relativism, and Perspectival Realism Introduction. Part One. Part Two. Part Three. Conclusion.
"Debate over the nature of science has recently moved from the halls of academia into the public sphere, where it has taken shape as the "science wars." At issue is the question of whether scientific knowledge is objective and universal or socially mediated, whether scientific truths are independent of human values and beliefs. Ronald Giere is a philosopher of science who has been at the forefront of this debate from its inception, and Science without Laws offers a much-needed mediating perspective on an increasingly volatile line of inquiry." "Giere argues that it is better to understand what scientists actually do as developing more or less abstract models of specific aspects of the world. Giere's approach resolves the issues underlying the science wars: the critics of science are correct in rejecting the Enlightenment idea of science, and its defenders are correct in insisting that science does produce genuine knowledge of the natural world." "Science without Laws thus stakes out a middle ground in these debates by demonstrating a more powerful way of seeing science."--Jacket
0226292088 9780226292083
98046904
GB99Y1431 bnb GBA041248 bnb GB99-Y1431
Science--Philosophy
Realism
Q175 / .G48898 1999
ARCH YNDC 501 G454S
167
Science without laws / Ronald N. Giere - London : The university of Chicago press c 1999 - x, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Science and its conceptual foundations . - Science and its conceptual foundations .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-279) and index
The Science Wars in Perspective -- Perspectives on Science Studies. Viewing Science ; Explaining Scientific Revolutions ; Science and Technology Studies -- Perspectives on Science. Naturalism and Realism ; Science without Laws of Nature ; The Cognitive Structure of Scientific Theories ; Visual Models and Scientific Judgment -- Perspectives on the Philosophy of Science. Philosophy of Science Naturalized ; Constructive Realism ; The Feminism Question in the Philosophy of Science ; From Wissenschaftliche Philosophie to Philosophy of Science -- Underdetermination, Relativism, and Perspectival Realism Introduction. Part One. Part Two. Part Three. Conclusion.
"Debate over the nature of science has recently moved from the halls of academia into the public sphere, where it has taken shape as the "science wars." At issue is the question of whether scientific knowledge is objective and universal or socially mediated, whether scientific truths are independent of human values and beliefs. Ronald Giere is a philosopher of science who has been at the forefront of this debate from its inception, and Science without Laws offers a much-needed mediating perspective on an increasingly volatile line of inquiry." "Giere argues that it is better to understand what scientists actually do as developing more or less abstract models of specific aspects of the world. Giere's approach resolves the issues underlying the science wars: the critics of science are correct in rejecting the Enlightenment idea of science, and its defenders are correct in insisting that science does produce genuine knowledge of the natural world." "Science without Laws thus stakes out a middle ground in these debates by demonstrating a more powerful way of seeing science."--Jacket
0226292088 9780226292083
98046904
GB99Y1431 bnb GBA041248 bnb GB99-Y1431
Science--Philosophy
Realism
Q175 / .G48898 1999
ARCH YNDC 501 G454S
167