Science is very successful in discovering the structure and history
of the physical world, but its success is purchased by the modesty
of its ambition. There is more to be told of the encounter with
reality, including the nature of scientific inquiry itself, than
can be gained from impersonal experience and experimental test.
This book goes beyond science to consider the human context in
which it operates and to pursue that wider understanding which we
all seek. It looks to issues of meaning and value, intrinsic to
scientific practice but excluded from science's consideration by
its own self-denying ordinance. It raises the question of the
significance of the deep mathematical intelligibility of the
physical world and its anthropically fruitful history. It considers
how we may find responsible ways to use the power that science
places in human hands. Science is portrayed as an activity of human
persons pursued within a convivial and truth-seeking community.
This book neither over-values science (as if it were the only
worthwhile source of knowledge) nor devalues it (as if it were to
be treated with suspicion or not taken seriously). Beyond Science
provides a considered and balanced account which firmly asserts
science's place in human culture, maintained in mutually
illuminating relationships with other aspects of that culture.
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