Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact
Title | Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact PDF eBook |
Author | Ludwik Fleck |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1981-08-15 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0226253252 |
Originally published in German in 1935, this monograph anticipated solutions to problems of scientific progress, the truth of scientific fact and the role of error in science now associated with the work of Thomas Kuhn and others. Arguing that every scientific concept and theory—including his own—is culturally conditioned, Fleck was appreciably ahead of his time. And as Kuhn observes in his foreword, "Though much has occurred since its publication, it remains a brilliant and largely unexploited resource." "To many scientists just as to many historians and philosophers of science facts are things that simply are the case: they are discovered through properly passive observation of natural reality. To such views Fleck replies that facts are invented, not discovered. Moreover, the appearance of scientific facts as discovered things is itself a social construction, a made thing. A work of transparent brilliance, one of the most significant contributions toward a thoroughly sociological account of scientific knowledge."—Steven Shapin, Science
Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact
Title | Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact PDF eBook |
Author | Ludwik Fleck |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2012-09-05 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 022619034X |
Originally published in German in 1935, this monograph anticipated solutions to problems of scientific progress, the truth of scientific fact and the role of error in science now associated with the work of Thomas Kuhn and others. Arguing that every scientific concept and theory—including his own—is culturally conditioned, Fleck was appreciably ahead of his time. And as Kuhn observes in his foreword, "Though much has occurred since its publication, it remains a brilliant and largely unexploited resource." "To many scientists just as to many historians and philosophers of science facts are things that simply are the case: they are discovered through properly passive observation of natural reality. To such views Fleck replies that facts are invented, not discovered. Moreover, the appearance of scientific facts as discovered things is itself a social construction, a made thing. A work of transparent brilliance, one of the most significant contributions toward a thoroughly sociological account of scientific knowledge."—Steven Shapin, Science
The Genesis of Science
Title | The Genesis of Science PDF eBook |
Author | James Hannam |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 2011-03-22 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1596982055 |
The Not-So-Dark Dark Ages What they forgot to teach you in school: People in the Middle Ages did not think the world was flat The Inquisition never executed anyone because of their scientific ideologies It was medieval scientific discoveries, including various methods, that made possible Western civilization’s “Scientific Revolution” As a physicist and historian of science James Hannam debunks myths of the Middle Ages in his brilliant book The Genesis of Science: How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution. Without the medieval scholars, there would be no modern science. Discover the Dark Ages and their inventions, research methods, and what conclusions they actually made about the shape of the world.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Title | The Structure of Scientific Revolutions PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas S. Kuhn |
Publisher | Chicago : University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 1969 |
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Undeniable
Title | Undeniable PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Nye |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2014-11-04 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1250007135 |
From the host of "Bill Nye the Science Guy" comes an impassioned explanation of how the science of our origins is fundamental to our understanding of the nature of science
Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design
Title | Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design PDF eBook |
Author | Zondervan, |
Publisher | Zondervan Academic |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2017-11-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0310080983 |
Evolution--or the broader topic of origins--has enormous relevance to how we understand the Christian faith and how we interpret Scripture. Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design presents the current "state of the conversation" about origins among evangelicals representing four key positions: Young Earth Creationism - Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis) Old Earth (Progressive) Creationism - Hugh Ross (Reasons to Believe) Evolutionary Creation - Deborah B. Haarsma (BioLogos) Intelligent Design - Stephen C. Meyer (The Discovery Institute) The contributors offer their best defense of their position addressing questions such as: What is your position on origins - understood broadly to include the physical universe, life, and human beings in particular? What do you take to be the most persuasive arguments in defense of your position? How do you demarcate and correlate evidence about origins from current science and from divine revelation? What hinges on answering these questions correctly? This book allows each contributor to not only present the case for his or her view, but also to critique and respond to the critiques of the other contributors, allowing you to compare their beliefs in an open forum setting to see where they overlap and where they differ.
Navigating Genesis
Title | Navigating Genesis PDF eBook |
Author | Hugh Norman Ross |
Publisher | Conran Octopus |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Bible |
ISBN | 9781886653863 |
"Examining recent scientific discoveries, astronomer and pastor Dr. Hugh Ross explores the opening chapters in Genesis and shows how they hold some of the strongest scientific evidence for the Bible?s supernatural accuracy. Navigating Genesis expands upon Ross? earlier book The Genesis Question (1998), integrating the message of both the Bible and science?without compromise?giving skeptics and believers common ground for dialogue."--Publisher's website.