Reliable Knowledge: An Exploration of the Grounds for Belief in Science - Couverture souple

Ziman, John

 
9780521406703: Reliable Knowledge: An Exploration of the Grounds for Belief in Science
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521406706 ISBN 13 : 9780521406703
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

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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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Revue de presse

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

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521406706
ISBN 13 
9780521406703
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
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ISBN 10 :  0521220874 ISBN 13 :  9780521220873
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1979
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