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Author: Dominique Raynaud ,
Mario Bunge ,
Mario Bunge
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.589kg
ISBN: 9781412855716
ISBN 10: 1412855713
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 30 April 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Raynaud (Univ. de Grenoble, France) shows the importance of organized debates around scientific controversies that help confirm our knowledge about the world. He examines the following unique scientific conflicts within their sociohistoric contexts: Pasteur's germ theory versus the theory of spontaneous generation; vitalism versus experimental medicine; visual rays and the science of optics; and the origins of relativism. Raynaud's carefully chosen examples not only show pivotal moments in the history of science but also help explain the origins and evolution of more recent scientific debates. . . . Raynaud offers a sober voice and clear commitment to pursuing scientific truths via scientific methods, as opposed to the politicization of science seen in the controversies surrounding Galileo and the Inquisition, and Stalinism and genetics. For Raynaud, science expresses more than the zeitgeist of an epoch; rather, science is focused on revealing truth. . . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. --D. B. Levy, Choice
"""Raynaud (Univ. de Grenoble, France) shows the importance of organized debates around scientific controversies that help confirm our knowledge about the world... Raynaud persuasively shows that understanding the role of controversy helps our understanding of the function of science and the importance of contemporary scientific debates. Raynaud offers a sober voice and clear commitment to pursuing scientific truths via scientific methods, as opposed to the politicization of science seen in the controversies surrounding Galileo and the Inquisition, and Stalinism and genetics. For Raynaud, science expresses more than the zeitgeist of an epoch; rather, science is focused on revealing truth... Highly recommended."" - D.B. Levy, Choice Magazine"
Author Information
Dominique Raynaud is a sociologist and science historian at the Universite de Grenoble, France. He is the author of several books, including Sociology and Its Scientific Vocation and Optics and the Rise of Perspective. Mario Bunge is professor in the philosophy department at McGill University in Montreal, Canada and holds sixteen honorary doctorates and four honorary professorships. His works include Treatise on Basic Philosophy, Philosophy of Psychology, Scientific Materialism, Social Science under Debate, and Philosophy of Science.
