Science and Culture

By:

J. Agassi

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

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In this title, Joseph Agassi addresses scientism and relativism, two philosophies that divorce science from culture in general and from tradition in particular. According to Agassi, science is an integral part of culture, and both scientism and relativism ignore the cultural value of science. This work helps break the isolation of science from the rest of culture by promoting popular science and reasonable history of science. Agassi provides examples of the value of science to culture at large, discussions of items of the general culture and their interactions with science, and practical strategies and tools. He offers a wide variety of case studies to exemplify these. In this book Agassi puts significant topics such as autonomy, tolerance, reason, philosophy and responsibility on the agenda of democratic philosophy today. The book is for practising professionals in the philosophy of science and the sociology of science, and for political scientists and science policy students and administrators, as well as for the general educated public.

Release date Australia

July 31st, 2003

Author

J. Agassi

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

XXXII, 416 p.

Pages

416

Series

Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

Dimensions

156x234x25

ISBN-13

9781402011566

Product ID

2438785

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