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Defending science--within reason : between scientism and cynicism

Title
Defending science--within reason : between scientism and cynicism / Susan Haack.
Author
Haack, Susan
Publication
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2003.

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Description
411 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-388) and index.
Contents
Neither sacred nor a confidence trick : the critical common-sensist manifesto -- Nail soup : a brief, opinionated history of the old deferentialism -- Clues to the puzzle of scientific evidence : a more-so story -- The long arm of common sense : instead of a theory of scientific method -- Realistically speaking : how science fumbles, and sometimes forges, ahead -- The same, only different : integrating the intentional -- A modest proposal : the sensible program in sociology of science -- Stronger than fiction : science, literature, and the "literature of science" -- Entangled in the bramble bush : science in the law -- Point of honor : on science and religion -- What man can achieve when he really puts his mind to it : the value, and the values, of science -- Not till it's over : reflections on the end of science.
ISBN
1591021170 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
2003012541
OCLC
  • ocm52377534
  • SCSB-4874609
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries