Scientific knowledge and its social problems / Jerome R. Ravetz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ravetz, Jerome R.

Contributor:

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Science--Social aspects.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (inscription) (Adams copy)

Ravety, Jerome R. (autograph) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

x pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 449 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1971.

Contents:

Part I. The Varieties of Scientific Experience. "What is Science?"; Social Problems of Industrialized Science

Part II. The Achievement of Scientific Knowledge. Science as Craftsman's Work; Scientific Inquiry: Problem-solving on Artificial Objects; Methods; Facts and their Evolution; The special Character of Scientific Knowledge

Part III. Social Aspects of Scientific Activity. The Protection of Property; The management of Novelty; Quality Control in Science; Ethics in Scientific Activity

Part IV. Science in the Modern World. Technical Problems; Practical Problems; Immature and Ineffective Fields of Inquiry

Part V. Conclusion: The future of Science.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

Adams copy has dust jacket retained.

Adams copy inscribed "To Mark Adams from Jerry Ravetz".

Adams copy has slip "With Publisher's Compliments + van Leer (?) Foundation" laid in.

ISBN:

0198272138 :