The Ends Of Science - An Essay In Scientific Authority (Hardcover)

In this path-breaking and controversial book, Harry Redner provides a systematic study of how the epistemologically interesting features of contemporary science are to be understood. Taking "scienceaEURO to include knowledge from the social sciences and humanities as well as the physical sciences, Redner shows how the history of science, philosophical theory, and current scientific research reveal connections between scientific developments and features of the social organization of science. Redner argues that the shift from Classical science to a more complex and less orderly World science after World War II has changed the way scientific research is done and how its knowledge is organized. His aim, however, "is not merely to interpret science, but to change it.aEURO Thus, this examination is more than a survey and critique-it is a positive program for the development of future science. Remarkable for its breadth and insight, the book is especially valuable for its discussions of authority and social organization (with the accompanying themes of academic politics, competition, power, and corruption) and for its catalog of the various contemporary critiques of science. Some of these are European in origin and will be new to many U.S. readers. A tour de force on several levels, this book is essential reading for scientists, philosophers, sociologists of science, historians of ideas, critics of contemporary culture and, indeed, for anyone who takes a serious interest in scientific research and higher learning.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2019
First published:	1988
Authors:	Harry Redner
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-29177-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	0-367-29177-0
Barcode:	9780367291778

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