Scientific irrationalism : origins of a postmodern cult /
Stove, D. C.
Scientific irrationalism : origins of a postmodern cult / David Stove ; foreword by Keith Windschuttle ; afterword by James Franklin - New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers, 2001 - 218 pages ; 24 cm
Originally published: Anything goes. [Australia] : Macleay Publishers, 1998
Includes bibliographical references and index
Philosophy and the English language : how irrationalism about science is made credible. Neutralising success words ; Sabotaging logical expressions -- How irrationalism about science began. The historical source located ; The key premise of irrationalism identified ; Further evidence for this identification
"Since its inception in the 1940s, the field of science studies, originally intended to bridge the gap between science and the humanities, has been the center of controversy and debate. The most notable figures in this debate are Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper. In Scientific Irrationalism: Origins of a Postmodern Cult, David Stove demonstrates how extravagant has been the verbiage wasted on this issue and how irrational the combatants have been. He shows that Kuhn and Popper share considerable common ground. Stove argues that the problems all reside in the reasoning of the critics. He identifies the logical mistakes by and conceptual allusions made by Kuhn and Popper and their supporters, as well as their collective dependency on a single argument made by the philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment, David Hume. He then demonstrates how little potency that argument actually has for the claims of science."--Jacket
0765800632 9780765800633
00048404
GBA127368 bnb
Popper, Karl R. 1902-1994
Kuhn, Thomas S. 1922-1996
Science--Philosophy
Irrationalism (Philosophy)
Q175 / .S827 2001
ARCH YNDC 501 S889S
Scientific irrationalism : origins of a postmodern cult / David Stove ; foreword by Keith Windschuttle ; afterword by James Franklin - New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers, 2001 - 218 pages ; 24 cm
Originally published: Anything goes. [Australia] : Macleay Publishers, 1998
Includes bibliographical references and index
Philosophy and the English language : how irrationalism about science is made credible. Neutralising success words ; Sabotaging logical expressions -- How irrationalism about science began. The historical source located ; The key premise of irrationalism identified ; Further evidence for this identification
"Since its inception in the 1940s, the field of science studies, originally intended to bridge the gap between science and the humanities, has been the center of controversy and debate. The most notable figures in this debate are Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper. In Scientific Irrationalism: Origins of a Postmodern Cult, David Stove demonstrates how extravagant has been the verbiage wasted on this issue and how irrational the combatants have been. He shows that Kuhn and Popper share considerable common ground. Stove argues that the problems all reside in the reasoning of the critics. He identifies the logical mistakes by and conceptual allusions made by Kuhn and Popper and their supporters, as well as their collective dependency on a single argument made by the philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment, David Hume. He then demonstrates how little potency that argument actually has for the claims of science."--Jacket
0765800632 9780765800633
00048404
GBA127368 bnb
Popper, Karl R. 1902-1994
Kuhn, Thomas S. 1922-1996
Science--Philosophy
Irrationalism (Philosophy)
Q175 / .S827 2001
ARCH YNDC 501 S889S