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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tauber, Alfred I. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Tauber, Alfred I.
1900-1999
Historians of science > United States > Biography.
Philosophers > United States > Biography.
Science > Philosophy.
Immunology > History.
Historiens des sciences > États-Unis > Biographies.
Philosophes > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers.
Science
Science and civilization
Science > Philosophy
Autobiography.
Immunology.
Personal identity.
Positivism.
Postmodernism.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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