Description:What is scientific knowledge? How do we distinguish between science and non-science? Is scientific method a rational process? How do social factors affect science and what happens when science is institutionalized? This book explores these questions and more. It presents and criticizes the theories of Kuhn, Lakatos, Laudan, Feyerabend, Latour and other prominent philosophers and sociologists of science. It describes in plain terms theories about both science and the workings of scientists. It provides arguments on both the philosophical and sociological sides of the debate on the workings of science, enabling readers to make up their own minds on many of the issues raised.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Whys and Ways of Science: Introducing Philosophical and Sociological Theories of Science. To get started finding Whys and Ways of Science: Introducing Philosophical and Sociological Theories of Science, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
235
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
—
Release
1992
ISBN
0522844715
Whys and Ways of Science: Introducing Philosophical and Sociological Theories of Science
Description: What is scientific knowledge? How do we distinguish between science and non-science? Is scientific method a rational process? How do social factors affect science and what happens when science is institutionalized? This book explores these questions and more. It presents and criticizes the theories of Kuhn, Lakatos, Laudan, Feyerabend, Latour and other prominent philosophers and sociologists of science. It describes in plain terms theories about both science and the workings of scientists. It provides arguments on both the philosophical and sociological sides of the debate on the workings of science, enabling readers to make up their own minds on many of the issues raised.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Whys and Ways of Science: Introducing Philosophical and Sociological Theories of Science. To get started finding Whys and Ways of Science: Introducing Philosophical and Sociological Theories of Science, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.