Defending Science - Within Reason : Between Scientism and Cynicism,9781591021179

Defending Science - Within Reason : Between Scientism and Cynicism

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ISBN13: 9781591021179
ISBN10: 1591021170
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-10-01
Publisher(s): Prometheus Books
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Summary

Sweeping in scope, penetrating in analysis, and generously illustrated with examples from the history of science, this new and original approach to familiar questions about scientific evidence and method tackles vital questions about science and its place in society. Writing with verve and wry humour, in a witty, direct, and accessible style, Haack takes readers beyond the "Science Wars" to a balanced understanding of the value, and the limitations, of the scientific enterprise.

Author Biography

Susan Haack is Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences, professor of philosophy, and professor of law at the University of Miami.

Table of Contents

Preface 9(4)
Acknowledgments 13(4)
Chapter 1: Neither Sacred nor a Confidence Trick: The Critical Common-Sensist Manifesto 17(14)
Chapter 2: Nail Soup: A Brief, Opinionated History of the Old Deferentialism 31(26)
Chapter 3: Clues to the Puzzle of Scientific Evidence: A More-So Story 57(36)
Chapter 4: The Long Arm of Common Sense: Instead of a Theory of Scientific Method 93(30)
Chapter 5: Realistically Speaking: How Science Fumbles, and Sometimes Forges, Ahead 123(28)
Chapter 6: The Same, Only Different: Integrating the Intentional 151(28)
Chapter 7: A Modest Proposal: The Sensible Program in Sociology of Science 179(28)
Chapter 8: Stronger Than Fiction: Science, Literature, and the "Literature of Science" 207(26)
Chapter 9: Entangled in the Bramble Bush: Science in the Law 233(32)
Chapter 10: Point of Honor: On Science and Religion 265(34)
Chapter 11: What Man Can Achieve When He Really Puts His Mind to It: The Value, and the Values, of Science 299(30)
Chapter 12: Not Till It's Over: Reflections on the End of Science 329(26)
Bibliography 355(34)
Index 389

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