Science and Values : The Aims of Science and Their Role in Scientific Debate

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Laudan constructs a fresh approach to a longtime problem for the philosopher of science: how to explain the simultaneous and widespread presence of both agreement and disagreement in science. Laudan critiques the logical empiricists and the post-positivists as he stresses the need for centrality and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Laudan, Larry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1986.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Science > Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Laudan constructs a fresh approach to a longtime problem for the philosopher of science: how to explain the simultaneous and widespread presence of both agreement and disagreement in science. Laudan critiques the logical empiricists and the post-positivists as he stresses the need for centrality and values and the interdependence of values, methods, and facts as prerequisites to solving the problems of consensus and dissent in science.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (160 pages).
ISBN:9780520908116

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