Scrutinizing Science
Author: A. Donovan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9400928556
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Author: A. Donovan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9400928556
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Cassandra L. Pinnick
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780813532271
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume presents the first systematic evaluation of a feminist epistemology of sciences' power to transform both the practice of science and our society. Unlike existing critiques, this book questions the fundamental feminist suggestion that purging science of alleged male biases will advance the cause of both science and by extension, social justice. The book is divided into four sections: the strange status of feminist epistemology, testing feminist claims about scientific practice, philosophical and political critiques of feminist epistemology, and future prospects of feminist epistemology. Each of the essays3/4most of which are original to this text3/4 directly confronts the very idea that there could be a feminist epistemology or philosophy of science. Rather than attempting to deal in detail with all of the philosophical views that fall under the general rubric of feminist epistemology, the contributors focus on positions that provide the most influential perspectives on science. Not all of the authors agree amongst themselves, of course, but each submits feminist theories to careful scrutiny. Scrutinizing Feminist Epistemology provides a timely, well-rounded, and much needed examination of the role of gender in scientific research.
Author: Paul Dumouchel
Publisher: [Montréal] : Groupe de recherche en épistémologie comparée, Université du Québec à Montréal
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 29
ISBN-13: 9782921268219
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mansoor Niaz
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-09-13
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1136941967
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents an overview of the history and philosophy of science, explores its methodological and educational implications, and develops innovative teaching strategies, based on actual classroom practice, that emphasize ‘science-in-the-making'.
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Published: 1848
Total Pages: 484
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Scott Shelley
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Published: 2017-11-10
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 1628943149
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Published: 1848
Total Pages: 1022
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hakob Barseghyan
Publisher: Vernon Press
Published: 2022-02-08
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 1648893961
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the so-called ‘historical turn’ in the philosophy of science, philosophers and historians boldly argued for general patterns throughout the history of science. From Kuhn’s landmark "Structure of Scientific Revolutions" until the "Scrutinizing Science" project led by Larry Laudan, there was optimism that there could be a general theoretical approach to understanding the process of scientific change. This optimism gradually faded as historians and philosophers began to focus on the details of specific case studies located within idiosyncratic historical, cultural, and political contexts, and abandoned attempts to uncover general patterns of how scientific theories and methods change through time. Recent research has suggested that while we have learned a great deal about the diversity and complexity of scientific practices across history, the push to abandon hope for a broader understanding of scientific change was premature. Because of this, philosophers, historians, and social scientists have become interested in reviving the project of understanding the mechanism of scientific change while respecting the diversity and complexity that has been unveiled by careful historical research over the past few decades. The chapters in this volume consider a particular proposal for a general theory of how scientific theories and methods change over time, first articulated by Hakob Barseghyan in "The Laws of Scientific Change" and since developed in a series of papers by a variety of members of the scientonomy community. The chapters consider a wide range of issues, from conceptual and historical challenges to the posited intellectual patterns in the history of science, to the possibility of constructing a general theory of scientific change, to begin with. Offering a new take on the project of constructing a theory of scientific change and integrating historical, philosophical, and social studies of science, this volume will be of interest to historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science.
Author: Ronald Bailey
Publisher: Am Cncl on Science, Health
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 70
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor approximately a century, industry has been a powerful motivating force in the creation of new technology and the underwriting of scientific research. Yet the last two decades have seen the development of a sweeping conflicts of interest movement aimed squarely at curtailing academic/industry biomedical research collaborations and restricting membership on government scientific advisory boards to researchers associated with industry.
Author: Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780521524872
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this major re-evaluation of Isaac Newton's intellectual life, Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs shows how his pioneering work in mathematics, physics, and cosmology was intertwined with his study of alchemy. Directing attention to the religious ambience of the alchemical enterprise of early modern Europe, Dobbs argues that Newton understood alchemy - and the divine activity in micromatter to which it spoke - to be a much needed corrective to the overly mechanized system of Descartes. The same religious basis underlay the rest of his work. To Newton it seemed possible to obtain partial truths from many different approaches to knowledge, be it textual work aimed at the interpretation of prophecy, the study of ancient theology and philosophy, creative mathematics, or experiments with prisms, pendulums, vegetating minerals, light, or electricity. Newton's work was a constant attempt to bring these partial truths together, with the larger goal of restoring true natural philosophy and true religion.