Reliable knowledge an exploration of the grounds for belief in science
Ziman, John M. 1925-2005
Reliable knowledge an exploration of the grounds for belief in science John Ziman - Repr. - IX, 197 S. Ill., graph. Darst. 22 cm - Canto .
Why believe in the findings of science? John Ziman argues that scientific knowledge is not uniformly reliable, but rather like a map representing a country we cannot visit. He shows how science has many elements, including alongside its experiments and formulae the language and logic, patterns and preconceptions, facts and fantasies used to illustrate and express its findings. These elements are variously combined by scientists in their explanations of the material world as it lies outside our everyday experience. John Ziman's book offers at once a valuably clear account and a radically challenging investigation of the credibility of scientific knowledge, searching widely across a range of disciplines for evidence about the perceptions, paradigms and analogies on which all our understanding depends.
0521406706 0521220874
9780521406703
78003792
b9102725 UK
Science++- Philosophical perspectives
Science++Philosophy
Q175 E210
501
Reliable knowledge an exploration of the grounds for belief in science John Ziman - Repr. - IX, 197 S. Ill., graph. Darst. 22 cm - Canto .
Why believe in the findings of science? John Ziman argues that scientific knowledge is not uniformly reliable, but rather like a map representing a country we cannot visit. He shows how science has many elements, including alongside its experiments and formulae the language and logic, patterns and preconceptions, facts and fantasies used to illustrate and express its findings. These elements are variously combined by scientists in their explanations of the material world as it lies outside our everyday experience. John Ziman's book offers at once a valuably clear account and a radically challenging investigation of the credibility of scientific knowledge, searching widely across a range of disciplines for evidence about the perceptions, paradigms and analogies on which all our understanding depends.
0521406706 0521220874
9780521406703
78003792
b9102725 UK
Science++- Philosophical perspectives
Science++Philosophy
Q175 E210
501