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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... discipline is an agreed , tested body of method — usually analytical — that we bring to bear on problems of our own choosing . The essence of our thinking is that we cannot tackle problems that don't fit the competence of our own discipline ...
... discipline is an agreed , tested body of method — usually analytical — that we bring to bear on problems of our own choosing . The essence of our thinking is that we cannot tackle problems that don't fit the competence of our own discipline ...
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... discipline travels far from its empirical source , or still more , if it is a second and third generation only in- directly inspired by ideas coming from ' reality " , it is beset with very grave dangers . It becomes more and more ...
... discipline travels far from its empirical source , or still more , if it is a second and third generation only in- directly inspired by ideas coming from ' reality " , it is beset with very grave dangers . It becomes more and more ...
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... discipline as a folk - science . This is indeed necessary , if it is to survive beyond the personal endeavours of its founder and a small band of enthusiasts . Once the discipline is established , its ' disciplined ' and ' folk ...
... discipline as a folk - science . This is indeed necessary , if it is to survive beyond the personal endeavours of its founder and a small band of enthusiasts . Once the discipline is established , its ' disciplined ' and ' folk ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Social Problems of Industrialized Science | 31 |
Science as Craftsmans Work | 75 |
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