Science in the Looking Glass : What do scientists really know?
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0198525435
ISBN-13
9780198525431
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 7th, 2003
Print length
308 Pages
Weight
614 grams
Dimensions
24.20 x 16.40 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
History of mathematicsPhilosophy of scienceHistory of sciencePopular science
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Discusses the basis for scientists' claims to knowledge about the world. This book looks at science historically, emphasizing the achievements of scientists from Galileo onwards, and also their mistakes. It also rejects the claim that all scientific knowledge is provisional, by citing examples from chemistry, biology and geology.
In this wide-ranging book, Brian Davies discusses the basis for scientists'' claims to knowledge about the world. He looks at science historically, emphasizing not only the achievements of scientists from Galileo onwards, but also their mistakes. He rejects the claim that all scientific knowledge is provisional, by citing examples from chemistry, biology and geology. A major feature of the book is its defence of the view that mathematics was invented rather than discovered. A large number of examples are used to illustrate these points, and many of the deep issues in today''s world discussed - from psychology and evolution to quantum theory, consciousness and even religious belief. Disentangling knowledge from opinion and aspiration is a hard task, but this book provides a clear guide to the difficulties.
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