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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... relations will be very directly influenced by the institutional and social structure of the scientific community , and of the larger society of which it is a part . The particular character of a scientific school will depend on these ...
... relations will be very directly influenced by the institutional and social structure of the scientific community , and of the larger society of which it is a part . The particular character of a scientific school will depend on these ...
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... relation to the external world is neither immediate nor certain . Philosophical reflection on this feature of the objects of scientific inquiry can lead to a denial of the possibility of real knowledge of the external world ; but this ...
... relation to the external world is neither immediate nor certain . Philosophical reflection on this feature of the objects of scientific inquiry can lead to a denial of the possibility of real knowledge of the external world ; but this ...
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... relations with science of the traditional sort . The term ' science ' itself has stretched to include technology , and even any sort of ... relation to the problems discussed here . the classification of final causes involved in a task ,
... relations with science of the traditional sort . The term ' science ' itself has stretched to include technology , and even any sort of ... relation to the problems discussed here . the classification of final causes involved in a task ,
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Introduction | 1 |
Social Problems of Industrialized Science | 31 |
Science as Craftsmans Work | 75 |
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