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Science and Society - Studies in the Sociology of Science (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981)
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Science and Society - Studies in the Sociology of Science (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981)
Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 65
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"If a science has to be supported by fraudulent means, let it
perish. " With these words of Kepler, Agassi plunges into the
actual troubles and glories of science (321). The SOciology of
science is no foreign intruder upon scientific knowledge in these
essays, for we see clearly how Agassi transforms the tired
internalistJexternalist debate about the causal influences in the
history of science. The social character of the entire intertwined
epistemological and practical natures of the sciences is intrinsic
to science and itself split: the internal sociology within science,
the external sociology of the social setting without. Agassi sees
these social matters in the small as well as the large: from the
details of scientific communication, changing publishing as he
thinks to 'on-demand' centralism with less waste (Ch. 12), to the
colossal tension of romanticism and rationality in the sweep of
historical cultures. Agassi is a moral and political philosopher of
science, defending, dis turbing, comprehending, criticizing. For
him, science in a society requires confrontation, again and again,
with issues of autonomy vs. legitimation as the central problem of
democracy. And furthermore, devotion to science, pace Popper,
Polanyi, and Weber, carries preoccupational dangers: Popper's
elitist rooting out of 'pseudo-science', Weber's hard-working
obsessive . com mitment to science. See Agassi's Weberian gloss on
the social psychology of science in his provocative 'picture of the
scientist as maniac' (437)."
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Imprint: |
Springer
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Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
Series: |
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 65 |
Release date: |
March 2013 |
First published: |
1981 |
Authors: |
Joseph Agassi
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
536 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981 |
ISBN-13: |
978-9401164580 |
Categories: |
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Reference & Interdisciplinary >
Interdisciplinary studies >
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LSN: |
9401164584 |
Barcode: |
9789401164580 |
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