Defending science--within reason / Susan Haack.

Author/creator Haack, Susan
Format Book
Publication InfoAmherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2007.
Description411 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

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.
General noteOriginally published: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2003. With new pref.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 355-388) and index.
LCCN 2006027746
ISBN1591024587 (softcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781591024583 (softcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks Q172.5.C74 H33 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold