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Robert John Ackermann deals decisively with the problem of relativism that has plagued post-empiricist philosophy of science. Recognizing that theory and data are mediated by data domains (bordered data sets produced by scientific instruments), he argues that the use of instruments breaks the dependency of observation on theory and thus creates a r

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Specter eloquently shows how, in a world where protesters march against childhood vaccines and Africans starve to death rather than import genetically modified grains, we must reconnect with the rational thinking that has underpinned the advance of civilization since the 18th century.

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Durbin, history and philosophy of science scholar and writer, has created a volume that includes about 100 terms from the natural and social sciences.

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This book aims to introduce readers to Einstein's religion.

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With contributions by sixteen scholars from such diverse fields as communication, linguistics, literary studies, rhetoric, and sociology of sciences, Essays in the Study of Scientific Discourse continues the contemporary discussion about the origin and nature of scientific discourse and its function in today's society.

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With contributions by sixteen scholars from such diverse fields as communication, linguistics, literary studies, rhetoric, and sociology of sciences, Essays in the Study of Scientific Discourse continues the contemporary discussion about the origin and nature of scientific discourse and its function in today's society.

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A controversial popular science title in which Jim Baggott asks whether all that we currently know about the universe is based upon science or fantasy.

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A study of the human drive to create order and reason notes the parallel beliefs of the ancient Anasazi people, the Tewa Native Americans, the Penitentes, and the scientists of the Santa Fe Institute.

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The term "folkbiology" refers to people's everyday understanding of the biological world - how they perceive, categorize and reason about living things. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together the work of researchers in anthropology, psychology, biology and philosophy.

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How do scientists develop new explanations of disease How do those explanations become accepted as true And how does medical diagnosis change when physicians are confronted with new scientific evidence These are questions that Paul Thagard pursues in this pathbreaking book that develops a new, integrative approach to the study of science.

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Barrow looks at what limits there might be to human discovery, and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. that any Universe complex enough to contain conscious beings will contain limits on what those beings can know about their Universe; that what we cannot know defines reality as surely as what we can know.

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Bewildering features of modern physics, such as relativistic space-time structure and the peculiarities of so-called quantum statistics, challenge traditional ways of conceiving of objects in space and time. This title provides an overview of the implications of such physical theories for questions about the nature of objects.

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Dovring explores the limits of science as causes of ignorance. This book will be of interest to scientists as well as the lay public interested in the theory of science and questions of truth and faith.

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Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" is arguably one of the influential books of the twentieth century and a key text in the philosophy and history of science. This guide offers an account of this key philosophical work. It provides a review of the key themes and a commentary that enables readers to navigate the text.

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Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" is arguably one of the influential books of the twentieth century and a key text in the philosophy and history of science. This book offers an account of this key philosophical work. It provides a review of the key themes and a commentary that enables readers to navigate the text.

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