Michael Polanyi and His Generation : Origins of the Social Construction of Science /

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In Michael Polanyi and His Generation, Mary Jo Nye investigates the role that Michael Polanyi and several of his contemporaries played in the emergence of the social turn in the philosophy of science. This turn involved seeing science as a socially based enterprise that does not rely on empiricism a...

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Autor principal: Nye, Mary Jo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2011]
Temas:
Jewish scientists > Germany > Intellectual life.
Jewish scientists > Hungary > Intellectual life.
Jewish scientists > Germany > Intellectual life.
Jewish scientists > Hungary > Intellectual life.
Polanyi, Michael, > 1891-1976 > Friends and associates.
Polanyi, Michael, > 1891-1976 > Influence.
Science > Philosophy > History > 20th century.
Science > Social aspects.
Science > Philosophy > History > 20th century.
Science > Social aspects.
PHILOSOPHY / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ONE. Scientific Culture in Europe and the Refugee Generation
  • TWO. Germany and Weimar Berlin as the City of Science
  • THREE. Origins of a Social Perspective: Doing Physical Chemistry in Weimar Berlin
  • FOUR. Chemical Dynamics and Social Dynamics in Berlin and Manchester
  • FIVE. Liberalism and the Economic Foundations of the "Republic of Science"
  • SIX. Scientific Freedom and the Social Functions of Science
  • SEVEN. Political Foundations of the Philosophies of Science of Popper, Kuhn, and Polanyi
  • EIGHT. Personal Knowledge: Argument, Audiences, and Sociological Engagement
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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