Science and Society
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-011-6458-0 (ISBN)
1. Introduction: Science in Its Social Setting.- 2. The Present State of the Philosophy of Science.- 3. Was Wittgenstein Really Necessary?.- 4. Epistemology as an Aid to Science.- 5. Externalism.- 6. The Autonomy of Science.- 7. The Legitimation of Science.- 8. Sociologism in Philosophy of Science.- 9. Revolutions in Science, Occasional or Permanent?.- 10. Cultural Lag in Science.- 11. Storage and Communication of Knowledge.- 12. The Economics of Scientific Publications.- 13. Revising the Referee System.- 14. Scientific Schools and Their Success.- 15. Genius in Science.- 16. Scientists as Sleepwalkers.- 17. The Logic of Scientific Inquiry.- 18. The Choice of Scientific Problems.- 19. Between Metaphysics and Methodology.- 20. Research Project.- 21. The Methodology of Research Projects: A Sketch.- 22. Continuity and Discontinuity in the History of Science.- 23. Three Views of the Renaissance of Science.- 24. On Explaining the Trial of Galileo.- 25. The Origins of the Royal Society.- 26. The Ideological Import of Newton.- 27. Sir John Herschel’s Philosophy of Success.- 28. What Makes for a Scientific Golden Age?.- 29. Max Weber’s Scientific Religion.- 30. On Pursuing the Unattainable.- 31. Faith Has Nothing to do With Rationality.- 32. Rationality and the Tu Quoque Argument.- 33. Technocracy and Scientific Progress.- 34. Standards to Live By.- Bibliography of Joseph Agasssi.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.
Reihe/Serie | Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ; 65 |
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Zusatzinfo | 1 Illustrations, black and white; XXII, 536 p. 1 illus. |
Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch |
Geisteswissenschaften | |
Naturwissenschaften | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 94-011-6458-4 / 9401164584 |
ISBN-13 | 978-94-011-6458-0 / 9789401164580 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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