ISBN:
9789401090360
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (316p)
,
digital
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 214
Series Statement:
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science 214
Parallel Title:
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Erscheint auch als
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Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Technology Philosophy
;
Humanities
;
Philosophy of nature
;
Philosophy.
;
Technology—Philosophy.
Abstract:
Science is a multifaceted, natural and historical phenomenon. It consists of five elements, that is, it happens in five distinct media: biological, linguistic, technological, social, and historical. None of these alone provides an indubitable basis for the truth of scientific knowledge, but combined together they compose a solid ground for our trust in its reliability. The composition, however, is uniquely related to our modern mode of living. Science did not exist before modernity, and it will cease to exist in this form if our way of life should change. The book presents a thorough analysis of all these dimensions and their relations, and thus lays the path for an integral theory of science. Because of this it can be used as a textbook for general courses in the theory of science at both the undergraduate and graduate level
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-010-9036-0
URL:
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