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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... assessment of the adequacy of the controversial piece , must be taken now . Thus , at such infrequent but critical junctures in the advancement of science , the assessment of the evidence adduced in an argument becomes a crucial ...
... assessment of the adequacy of the controversial piece , must be taken now . Thus , at such infrequent but critical junctures in the advancement of science , the assessment of the evidence adduced in an argument becomes a crucial ...
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... Assessment of Quality , from Best to Worst The criteria on which assessments of quality are based can be reduced to two that we have already discussed : adequacy and value . Although these criteria can be described in general terms ...
... Assessment of Quality , from Best to Worst The criteria on which assessments of quality are based can be reduced to two that we have already discussed : adequacy and value . Although these criteria can be described in general terms ...
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... assessment . In all but extreme cases , there can be genuine differences of opinion ; and when the experts disagree , there is little hope for the helpless layman , who lacks both the basis for comparison and the opportunity to switch ...
... assessment . In all but extreme cases , there can be genuine differences of opinion ; and when the experts disagree , there is little hope for the helpless layman , who lacks both the basis for comparison and the opportunity to switch ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Social Problems of Industrialized Science | 31 |
Science as Craftsmans Work | 75 |
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