Opis: Knowledge and the World - Martin Carrier

The fundamental question whether, or in which sense, science informs us about the real world has pervaded the history of thought since antiquity. Is what science tells us about the world determined unambiguously by facts or does the content of any scientific theory in some way depend on the human condition? "Sokal's hoax" added a new dimension to this controversial debate, which very quickly came to been known as "Science Wars". "Knowledge and the World" examines and reviews the broad range of philosophical positions on this issue, stretching from realism to relativism, to expound the epistemic merits of science, and to address the central question: in which sense can science justifiably claim to provide a truthful portrait of reality? This book addresses everyone interested in the philosophy and history of science, and in particular in the interplay between the social and natural sciences. From the reviews: "This book is a collection of 14 technical essays by 15 authors ... . Its main concern is discussions on (1) whether what science tells us about the universe is determined unambiguously by experimental data/facts or (2) whether scientific theory and its related experimental procedures are ...dependent upon human strengths and weaknesses. ... A novel feature of this volume is the inclusion of significant cultural studies and biological studies. Overall, the book is a useful source of ideas in the need of formalization." (Albert A. Mullin, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1064, 2005)Defense of a Modest Scientific Realism.- Scientific Realism: An Elaboration and a Defence.- Scientific Objectivity With a Human Face.- On Social Constructivist Accounts of the Natural Science.- Experimental Success and the Revelation of Reality: the Miracle Argument for Scientific Realism.- True is What is Considered True is True.- Realism and Biological Knowledge.- Objective Facts, Subjective Experiences, and Neuronal Constructs.- The Mote and the Beam.- Evidence, Logic and Moral Authority.- Neither Modernist Nor Postmodernist - A Third Way.- From Science Wars to Science Worries: Some Reflections on the Conquest of Reality.- Science Wars? Historical, Social, and Epistemological Aspects of the Sokal/Bricmont Debate.

Szczegóły: Knowledge and the World - Martin Carrier

Tytuł: Knowledge and the World
Autor: Martin Carrier
Producent: Springer Verlag
ISBN: 9783540210092
Rok produkcji: 2004
Ilość stron: 340
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.65 kg

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