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Creatively Undecided - Toward a History and Philosophy of Scientific Agency (Paperback)
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Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper are believed by many who study science
to be the two key thinkers of the twentieth century. Each addressed
the question of how scientific theories change, but they came to
different conclusions. By turning our attention to ambiguity and
indecision in science, Menachem Fisch, in Creatively Undecided,
offers a new way to look at how scientific understandings change.
Following Kuhn, Fisch argues that scientific practice depends on
the framework in which it is conducted, but he also shows that
those frameworks can be understood as the possible outcomes of the
rational deliberation that Popper viewed as central to theory
change. How can a scientist subject her standards to rational
appraisal if that very act requires the use of those standards? The
way out, Fisch argues, is by looking at the incentives scientists
have to create alternative frameworks in the first place. Fisch
argues that while science can only be transformed from within, by
people who have standing in the field, criticism from the outside
is essential. We may not be able to be sufficiently self-critical
on our own, but trusted criticism from outside, even if resisted,
can begin to change our perspective at which point transformative
self-criticism becomes a real option.
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Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2017 |
Authors: |
Menachem Fisch
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Dimensions: |
154 x 229 x 2mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-51451-2 |
Categories: |
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Philosophy >
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LSN: |
0-226-51451-X |
Barcode: |
9780226514512 |
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