The Triumph of Uncertainty : Science and Self in the Postmodern Age /

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Tauber, a leading figure in history and philosophy of science, offers a unique autobiographical overview of how science as a discipline of thought has been characterized by philosophers and historians over the past century. He frames his account through science's - and his own personal - quest...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tauber, Alfred I. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: ProQuest (Firm)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Central European University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tauber, Alfred I.
Science > Philosophy.
Science and civilization.
Science.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers.
Immunology > History.
Philosophers > United States > Biography.
Historians of science > United States > Biography.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / by Scott F. Gilbert
  • Beginnings
  • On ways of knowing
  • Transitions
  • Rewriting immunology
  • The immune self
  • Systems philosophically considered
  • Pursuing the enigmatic self
  • Rethinking science
  • Outline of a post-positivist philosophy of science
  • A new agenda
  • Personalizing science
  • Moral epistemology
  • Requiem for the ego
  • Identity reconsidered
  • On personal uncertainty.

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