Science and Values : the Aims of Science and Their Role in Scientific Debate.

Science and Values : the Aims of Science and Their Role in Scientific Debate.

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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Main Author: Laudan, Larry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1986.
Series:Pittsburgh series in philosophy and history of science ; v. 11.
Subjects:
Science > Philosophy.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Science > Philosophy
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; One: Two Puzzles about Science: Reflections on Some Crises in Philosophy and Sociology of Science; Two: The Hierarchical Structure of Scientific Debates; Three: Closing the Evaluative Circle: Resolving Disagreements about Cognitive Values; Four: Dissecting the Holist Picture of Scientific Change; Five: A Reticulational Critique of Realist Axiology and Methodology; Epilogue; References; Index.

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