The Advancement of Science: Science Without Legend, Objectivity Without Illusions

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  • Author : Philip Kitcher
  • Binding : Paperback
  • EAN : 9780195096538
  • Edition : New Ed
  • ISBN : 0195096533
  • Label : OUP USA
  • Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
  • Manufacturer : OUP USA
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Number Of Pages : 430
  • Package Dimensions : 1.11 inches (Height) x 9.12 inches (Length) x 1.45 pounds (Weight) x 6.06 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : Book
  • Publication Date : 1995-08-17
  • Publisher : OUP USA
  • SKU : AC2253758
  • Studio : OUP USA

Reflections on the growth of scientific knowledge have inspired historians, and sociologists to contend that scientific objectivity is a myth. The author resurrects notions of objectivity and progress in science by identifying both the limitations of idealized treatments of the growth of knowledge and overreactions to philosophical idealizations.

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