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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... tion of ' research reports ' of solved problems into accepted ' facts ' and ultimately to genuine scientific knowledge.2 2 In the philosophical literature conceiving science as inquiry rather than as valida- tion of accomplished ...
... tion of ' research reports ' of solved problems into accepted ' facts ' and ultimately to genuine scientific knowledge.2 2 In the philosophical literature conceiving science as inquiry rather than as valida- tion of accomplished ...
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... tion ; and the more basic the fact , the greater the degree of differen- tiation . Hence when we speak of a particular fact as having survived to become a part of scientific knowledge , we should mean a family of particular versions of ...
... tion ; and the more basic the fact , the greater the degree of differen- tiation . Hence when we speak of a particular fact as having survived to become a part of scientific knowledge , we should mean a family of particular versions of ...
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... tion changed if there is a risk of detection ; I could simply work out a probabilistic cost - benefit function involving the penalty , proceed somewhat more circumspectly , and argue the principle of the matter as before . And although ...
... tion changed if there is a risk of detection ; I could simply work out a probabilistic cost - benefit function involving the penalty , proceed somewhat more circumspectly , and argue the principle of the matter as before . And although ...
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Introduction PART I THE VARIETIES OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE 1 What is Science? | 1 |
Social Problems of Industrialized Science | 33 |
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Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts Bruno Latour,Steve Woolgar No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1986 |
What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition) Alan F. Chalmers No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1999 |