Defending science--within reason : between scientism and cynicism / Susan Haack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haack, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability in science.

Science--Methodology.

Science.

Science--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

411 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2003.

Summary:

Sweeping in scope, penetrating in analysis, and generously illustrated with examples from the history of science, this new and original approach to familiar questions about scientific evidence and method tackles vital questions about science and its place in society.

Contents:

Neither sacred nor a confidence trick : the critical common-sensist manifesto

Nail soup : a brief, opinionated history of the old deferentialism

Clues to the puzzle of scientific evidence : a more-so story

The long arm of common sense : instead of a theory of scientific method

Realistically speaking : how science fumbles, and sometimes forges, ahead

The same, only different : integrating the intentional

A modest proposal : the sensible program in sociology of science

Stronger than fiction : science, literature, and the "literature of science"

Entangled in the bramble bush : science in the law

Point of honor : on science and religion

What man can achieve when he really puts his mind to it : the value, and the values, of science

Not till it's over : reflections on the end of science.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-388) and index.

ISBN:

1591021170

OCLC:

52377534