UID:
almahu_9949102953102882
Format:
1 online resource (312 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white).
ISBN:
9780190095512 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
Textbooks and other popular venues commonly present science as a progressive 'brick-by-brick' accumulation of knowledge and facts. Despite its hallowed history and familiar ring, this depiction is nowadays rejected by most specialists. Then why are books and articles, written by these same experts, actively promoting such a distorted characterization? The short answer is that no better alternative is available. There currently are two competing models of the scientific enterprise: reductionism and antireductionism. Neither provides an accurate depiction of the productive interaction between knowledge and ignorance, supplanting the old metaphor of the 'wall' of knowledge. This book explores an original conception of the nature and advancement of science.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2021.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780190095482
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
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