Science and values [[electronic resource] ] : the aims of science and their role in scientific debate / / Larry Laudan

• Autore: Laudan Larry
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1984
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (165 p.)
• Disciplina: 501
• Soggetto topico: Science - Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-144) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Science and values
• ISBN: 1-282-38300-0; 9786612383007; 0-520-90811-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454771503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pittsburgh series in philosophy and history of science ; ; v. 11.