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Science at the Frontiers

Science at the Frontiers

SCIENCE AT THE FRONTIERS

 

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2011
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Filosofía
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9780739150153
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Chapter 1 Introduction. Defining Frontiers in the History and Philosophy of SciencePart 2 Section One. Actually Learning From HistoryChapter 3 Chapter One. Rhetoric and Faith in the Hippocratic Philosophy of MedicineChapter 4 Chapter Two. The wisdom in wood rot: Finding God in early-modern scientific explanationChapter 5 Chapter Three. In Defense of 'Rationalist' ScienceChapter 6 Chapter Four. Lost Science, Deepwater Shipwrecks, and the Wheelbarrow of ArchimedesChapter 7 Chapter Five. Removing the ’Grand’ from Grand Unified Theories: An Archaeological Case for Epistemological and Methodological DisunityChapter 8 Chapter Six. The Virus As Metaphor In American Popular Culture, 1967-2010Chapter 9 Chapter Seven. Gender, Germs, and DirtPart 10 Section Two. The Other Side(s) of ScienceChapter 11 Chapter Eight. The Agnostic Scientist: The Supernatural and the open-ended nature of scienceChapter 12 Chapter Nine. Participating in a contentious natural resource debate as a scientist: For better or for worseChapter 13 Chapter Ten. Conflicting Values in Post-publication Disputes: The Case of Transgenic DNA in Mexican MaizeChapter 14 Chapter Eleven. On Scientific Advocacy: Putting Values and Interests in Their PlaceChapter 15 Chapter Twelve. Bias, Impartiality, and Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical SciencesChapter 16 Chapter Thirteen. Science, Religion, and Duty in Parenting ChoicesPart 17 BibliographyPart 18 IndexPart 19 About the Contributors

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