Knowledge in ferment : dilemmas in science, scholarship and society / edited by Adriaan in 't Groen ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Groen, Adriaan in 't, 1950-

Series:

LUP Academic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Social aspects.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fundamental controversies, or basic oppositions between methods and approaches, occur in all fields of science and scholarship. Often these dilemmas arise at the nexus of science and society, or when several sciences or disciplines clash. Paradoxically, a

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Novel drug discobery - serendipity or design?; 2. The hunt for therapeutic leads; 3. From genomic to therapies: deductive or inductive?; 4. Hempel's dilemma and the physics of computation; 5. Noise or signal? The dilemma of individual differences; 6. The strugle for the guiding principle in health care ethics and health law; 7. Law v. Psychiatry The case of Bert Boxwell; 8. 'Hard cases' in the law; 9. The compatibility of sharia with the rule of law. Fundamental conflict: between civilisations? Within civilisations? Or between scholars?

10. Should we 'teach the controversy'? Intelligent Design, science and religion11. Cracks in the cradle? On the quest for the origens of humankind; 12. Classical challenges: Black Athena, Thucydides in Iraq, Plato in the courtroom; 13. The autonomy of syntax; 14. The dilemma of national history; 15. Region or discipline? The debate about Area Studies; 16. Consilience: reductionism and holism; List of Authors and Editors; General Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-78782-5

9786611787820

90-485-0801-0

1-4294-7264-2

OCLC:

437106831