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Thomas Kuhn and the Science Wars Ziauddin Sardar

Thomas Kuhn and the Science Wars par Ziauddin Sardar

Thomas Kuhn and the Science Wars Ziauddin Sardar


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Rather than a neutral value-free quest for Truth, Thomas Kuhn reduced science to puzzle-solving within belief systems. This introduction provides an analysis of the conflict and shows how science has become a contested cultural symbol.

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Thomas Kuhn and the Science Wars Ziauddin Sardar

Not so long ago, we believed that science was a neutral, value-free quest for Truth. With The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962), Thomas Kuhn opened science to scrutiny as a social activity. He reduced science to puzzle-solving within belief systems, suggesting that normal science was nothing more than dogmatic stability punctuated by occasional revolutions. Sociologists of science went even further, arguing that scientists just negotiate their agreements rather than being constrained by mythical facts. About a decade ago, the Science Wars began with counter-attacks from scientists on the sociologists. Thomas Kuhn and the Science Wars shows how science has become a major contested cultural symbol, and suggests that we need a postmodern synthesis in which the old debates are transcended. Science is not about demonstrations by experts, but dialogue among stakeholders. This is the new face of science, one which gives Kuhn's seminal insights new life.

À propos de Ziauddin Sardar

Ziauddin Sardar is a writer and Visiting Professor of Postcolonial Studies at the City University, London. His most recent books are Introducing Chaos and Introducing Mathematics, both published by Icon/Totem. He writes a science column for the New Statesman.

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GOR001946896
9781840461367
1840461365
Thomas Kuhn and the Science Wars Ziauddin Sardar
Occasion - Très bon état
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Icon Books
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