Science As a Process: An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science - Couverture rigide

Hull, David L.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0226360504 ISBN 13 : 9780226360508

Editeur : Univ of Chicago Pr, 1988

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Book by Hull David L

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Legend is overdue for replacement, and an adequate replacement must attend to the process of science as carefully as Hull has done. I share his vision of a serious account of the social and intellectual dynamics of science that will avoid both the rosy blur of Legend and the facile charms of relativism. . . . Because of [Hull's] deep concern with the ways in which research is actually done, Science as a Process begins an important project in the study of science. It is one of a distinguished series of books, which Hull himself edits Philip Kitcher, Nature "In Science as a Process, [David Hull] argues that the tension between cooperation and competition is exactly what makes science so successful. . . . Hull takes an unusual approach to his subject. He applies the rules of evolution in nature to the evolution of science, arguing that the same kinds of forces responsible for shaping the rise and demise of species also act on the development of scientific ideas" Natalie Angier, "By far the most professional and thorough case in favour of an evolutionary philosophy of science ever to have been made. It contains excellent short histories of evolutionary biology and of systematics (the science of classifying living things); an important and original account of modern systematic controversy; a counter-attack against the philosophical critics of evolutionary philosophy; social-psychological evidence, collected by Hull himself, to show that science does have the character demanded by his philosophy; and a philosophical analysis of evolution which is general enough to apply to both biological and historical change" Mark Ridley, Times Literary Supplement "Hull is primarily interested in how social interactions within the scientific community can help or hinder the process by which new theories and techniques

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226360504
• ISBN 13: 9780226360508
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible