Getting It Right in Science and Medicine Can Science Progress through Errors? Fallacies and Facts /

This book advocates the importance and value of errors for the progress of scientific research! Hans Kricheldorf explains that most of the great scientific achievements are based on an iterative process (an 'innate self-healing mechanism'): errors are committed, being checked over and over...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kricheldorf, Hans R. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Chemistry.
Physics.
Astronomy.
Science-History.
Physics-Philosophy.
Science-Philosophy.
Physics and Astronomy.
History of Science.
Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.
Philosophy of Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I Insights and definitions: Introduction
  • What is the meaning of science?
  • Laws of nature in everyday life
  • Antiscience and antireductionism
  • Paradigm change and progress
  • How much science is there in medicine?
  • Part II From fallacies to facts: Prominent mistakes, and how they were revised: Medicine
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics and geology
  • Concluding remarks.

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