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UNINA9910815591303321 |
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Autore |
Laudan Larry |
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Titolo |
Science and values : the aims of science and their role in scientific debate / / Larry Laudan |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1984 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-38300-0 |
9786612383007 |
0-520-90811-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (165 p.) |
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Collana |
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Pittsburgh series in philosophy and history of science ; ; v. 11 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-144) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- 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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 values and the interdependence of values, methods, and facts as prerequisites to solving the problems of consensus and dissent in science. |
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