The Scenes of Inquiry: On the Reality of Questions in the Sciences

ISBN-13: 9780198250395 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 344 str.

Nicholas Jardine

Opis

This book advocates a radical shift of concern in philosophical, historical, and sociological studies of the sciences, and explores the consequences of such a shift. It is argued that recent studies in the sociology and social history of the sciences pose strong challenges by revealing how appeals to authority, vested interests, and rhetorical and aesthetic sensibilities play substantial roles in scientific practices.

Recenzje

Offers many refreshing and sensible insights to current debates about truth, scientific realism, and particularly the historical evaluation of scientific progress.

O autorze

Nicholas Jardine is Professor of History and Philosophy of the Sciences at the University of Cambridge.