The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science - Couverture souple

Strevens, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1324091088 ISBN 13 : 9781324091080

Editeur : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1900

Synopsis

Michael Strevens's "provocative and fascinating" (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times) investigation of science asks two fundamental questions: Why is science so powerful? And why did it take so long for the human race to start using science to learn the secrets of nature? The Knowledge Machine's radical answer is that science, by nature, calls on its practitioners to do the irrational. By willfully ignoring religion, theoretical beauty, and especially philosophy, scientists embrace an unnaturally narrow method of inquiry, channeling unprecedented energy into observation and experimentation. Rich with vivid historical examples and widely acclaimed, Knowledge Machine overturns many of our most basic assumptions about scientific discovery.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael Strevens, a 2017 Guggenheim Fellow, is a professor of philosophy at New York University. He was born in New Zealand and has been writing about philosophy of science for twenty-five years. He lives in New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 1900
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1324091088
• ISBN 13: 9781324091080
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible