Defending Science-Within Reason Between Scientism and Cynicism

Name: Defending Science-Within Reason Between Scientism and Cynicism
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ISBN: 9781591024583

ISBN-10: 1591024587

ISBN-13: 9781591024583

Edition: 2006

Authors: Susan Haack

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Sweeping in scope, penetrating in analysis, and generously illustrated with examples from the history of science, this new and original approach to familiar questions about scientific evidence and method tackles vital questions about science and its place in society. Avoiding the twin pitfalls of scientism and cynicism, noted philosopher Susan Haack argues that, fallible and flawed as they are, the natural sciences have been among the most successful of human enterprises -- valuable not only for the vast, interlocking body of knowledge they have discovered, and not only for the technological advances that have improved our lives, but as a manifestation of the human talent for inquiry at its…

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List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication date: 1/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 411
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English