What science knows : and how it knows it / James Franklin.

By:

Franklin, James, 1953-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : Encounter Books, 2009.Edition: 1st American edDescription: v, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781594032073 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

Science -- Philosophy

DDC classification:

501 22

LOC classification:

Q175 .F7855 2009

Contents:

1. Evidence -- 2. Enemies of science : early -- 3. Enemies of science : postmodernist -- 4. The furniture -- 5. The physical sciences -- 6. Biology and cognition -- 7. Mathematics -- 8. Enemies of mathematics -- 9. The formal sciences -- 10. Probabilities and risks -- 11. Are the social sciences 'sciences'? -- 12. Actually existing science -- 13. The complexity obstacle to knowledge -- 14. Is that all there is?

Summary: Explains how science works its magic. This book describes some colorful examples of discoveries in the natural, mathematical, and social sciences and the reasons for believing them. It examines the limits of what science knows, focusing on mysteries that may be solved by science, and those that may in principle be beyond the reach of science.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Explains how science works its magic. This book describes some colorful examples of discoveries in the natural, mathematical, and social sciences and the reasons for believing them. It examines the limits of what science knows, focusing on mysteries that may be solved by science, and those that may in principle be beyond the reach of science.

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