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What science knows : and how it knows it /
To scientists, the tsunami of relativism, scepticism, and postmodernism that washed through the humanities in the twentieth century was all water off a duck's back. Science remained committed to objectivity and continued to deliver remarkable discoveries and improvements in technology. In What...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Encounter Books,
Ã2009.
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| Edición: | 1st American ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Evidence
- Enemies of science: early
- Enemies of science: postmodernist
- The furniture
- The physical sciences
- Biology and cognition
- Mathematics
- Enemies of mathematics
- The formal sciences
- Probabilities and risks
- Are the social sciences 'sciences'?
- Actually existing science
- The complexity obstacle to knowledge
- Is that all there is?