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Science's first mistake : delusions in pursuit of theory / by Ian O. Angell and Dionysios S. Demetis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Angell, Ian O., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (389 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The purpose of the book is to deconstruct the process of knowledge discovery and theory construction on the basis of the four concepts mentioned below, and thereby to discuss the circumstances under which all scientific premises come to be constructed. The implications for theory and method are discussed against four primary and intrinsically interrelated concepts that should be of immediate interest to all scientific disciplines: namely observation, paradox, delusion, and most importantly self-reference. The book then reflects on various modes of theory-construction and -utilization. Grounded
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Creative Commons. CC BY-NC 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
- ISBN:
- 9786612894572
- 9781472544957
- 1472544951
- 9781282894570
- 1282894579
- 9781849660686
- 1849660689
- 9781408138915
- 1408138913
- OCLC:
- 727647649
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