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Reliable Knowledge: An Exploration of the Grounds for Belief in Science: Canto original series

Autor John M. Ziman
en Limba Engleză Paperback – mai 1991
Why believe in the findings of science? John Ziman argues that scientific knowledge is not uniformly reliable, but rather like a map representing a country we cannot visit. He shows how science has many elements, including alongside its experiments and formulae the language and logic, patterns and preconceptions, facts and fantasies used to illustrate and express its findings. These elements are variously combined by scientists in their explanations of the material world as it lies outside our everyday experience. John Ziman's book offers at once a valuably clear account and a radically challenging investigation of the credibility of scientific knowledge, searching widely across a range of disciplines for evidence about the perceptions, paradigms and analogies on which all our understanding depends.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521406703
ISBN-10: 0521406706
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: 27 b/w illus. 1 map 4 tables
Dimensiuni: 133 x 223 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Ediția:Revised.
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Canto original series

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; 1. Grounds for an inquiry; 2. Unambiguous communication; 3. Common observation; 4. World maps and pictures; 5. The stuff of reality; 6. The world of science; 7. Social knowledge; Index.

Recenzii

'He is one of the cleverest and most urbane liberal scientists writing about science today.' The Guardian

Descriere

Reliable Knowledge offers a valuably clear account and a radically challenging investigation of the credibility of scientific knowledge.