{"product_id":"uncertain-knowledge-an-image-of-science-for-a-changing-world-paperback-9780521892629","title":"Uncertain Knowledge; An Image of Science for a Changing World (Paperback) 9780521892629","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUncertain Knowledge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Image of Science for a Changing World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explores the image of science in the modern world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. G. A. Dolby (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521892629, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 18 April 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e380 pages, 4 b\/w illus.  1 table\u003cbr\u003e24 x 18.4 x 2.1 cm, 0.85 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'What distinguishes this book is the richness of its multilevel description of science and the erudition with which Dolby illustrates the account given with a broad range of historical examples of science and pseudoscience … the author's account of the changing aspect of science and its entanglement with broad socio-historical developments is highly illuminating. This makes the book a very worthwhile read.' Finn Collin, Centaurus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat is science? How is scientific knowledge affected by the society that produces it? Does scientific knowledge directly correspond to reality? Can we draw a line between science and pseudo-science? Will it ever be possible for computers to undertake scientific investigation independently? Is there such a thing as feminist science? In this book the author addresses questions such as these using a technique of 'cognitive play', which creates and explores new links between the ideas and results of contemporary history, philosophy, and sociology of science. New ideas and approaches are applied to a wide range of case studies, many of them from controversial and contested science. This book will be of interest to historians and sociologists of science, to anyone interested in science studies, and to educated general readers with an interest in the history, philosophy, and social context of science.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Nature of Science: 2. Levels of cognitive activity\u003cbr\u003e 3. Facts in frameworks\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rationality, irrationality and relativism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Knowledge and reality\u003cbr\u003e 6. A new account of the scientific process\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Does Science Have Distinctive Qualities?: 7. What, if anything, is distinctive about science?\u003cbr\u003e 8. How is good science distinguished from bad science?\u003cbr\u003e 9. A theory of the pathologies of science\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Changing Science in a Changing World?: 10. What are acceptable variations of present science?\u003cbr\u003e 11. And in the long term?\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265361498392,"sku":"9780521892629","price":46.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521892629i.jpg?v=1692022119","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/uncertain-knowledge-an-image-of-science-for-a-changing-world-paperback-9780521892629","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}