Tampering with nature : empirical methodology and experimental onto-epistemology / James A. Marcum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcum, James A.

Series:

World philosophy series.

World Philosophy Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research--Methodology.

Research.

Science--Experiments.

Science.

Science--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After the historiographic revolution in science studies of the 1960's, philosophers began to envision science as a product of historical and sociological forces and not as the result of the ""scientific method."" While the importance of experimentation is recognized in recent science studies, the full significance for its role in scientific practice generally remains overlooked. Therefore, attempts to reconstruct narratives of scientific practice are often incomplete. In this book, the author proposes onto-epistemological roles for experimentation in terms of an empirical methodology, for anal

Contents:

Introduction

Historical narrative

The nature of thrombin and blood coagulation

The regulation of thrombin: the discovery of heparin

Philosophical reflections

A notion of experimentation

A notion of scientific discovery

A notion of scientific progress

Tampering with nature.

part I. Historical narrative

part II. Philosophical reflections.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62808-833-8

OCLC:

900744420