Scientific Knowledge and Its Social ProblemsOxford University Press, 1973 - 449 páginas Analyses the work of science as the creation and investigation of problems, and demonstrates the role of choice and value-judgement, and the inevitability of error, in scientific research. |
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... University Union Student Christian Movement examined drafts of the basic chapters of this book , and subjected them to a sympathetically ruthless criticism . Another small but vigorous group , a seminar in ' Social Problems of Con ...
... University Union Student Christian Movement examined drafts of the basic chapters of this book , and subjected them to a sympathetically ruthless criticism . Another small but vigorous group , a seminar in ' Social Problems of Con ...
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... university of high prestige was considered a valuable asset by the citizens of many towns ; and there was available , in secondary schools and universities , teaching which was both rigorous in intellectual discipline , and ...
... university of high prestige was considered a valuable asset by the citizens of many towns ; and there was available , in secondary schools and universities , teaching which was both rigorous in intellectual discipline , and ...
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... Universities ] presidents I attended , fifteen years ago . The President of the University of Michigan said “ Say , I want to ask you fellows , what are we going to do about embalming ? " He went on to report that the embalmers in his ...
... Universities ] presidents I attended , fifteen years ago . The President of the University of Michigan said “ Say , I want to ask you fellows , what are we going to do about embalming ? " He went on to report that the embalmers in his ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Social Problems of Industrialized Science | 31 |
Science as Craftsmans Work | 75 |
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