Between Science and Values / Loren R. Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Loren R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Social aspects.

Science.

Science--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1981]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Explores the historical relationship between science and values throughout the twentieth century through an examination of specific historical instances of interactions between science and values. Looks at both physical and biological sciences.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction: Expansionism and Restrictionism

I. The Physical Sciences

Physical Knowledge and Values

1. The New Physics

Physical Knowledge and Society

2. Eddington and the English-Speaking World

3. Fock and the Soviet Union

4. Heisenberg and Germany

5. Bergson, Monod, and France

Part II. The Biological Sciences

Biological Knowledge and Values

6. Studying Animals to Learn About Man

7. Primatology and Sociobiology

Biological Knowledge and Society

8. Eugenics: Weimar Germany And Soviet Russia

9. Biomedical Ethics

Part III. Reactions to the Dilemma of Science and Values

10. Public Concerns About Science and Technology: The Question of Limits of Inquiry

11. Attempts to Provide a Philosophical Overview

Part IV. What Kind of Expansionism Do We Want?

12. Science and Values: Attempts at Historical Understanding

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231878951

0231878958

OCLC:

49569042