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Science Faith and Society Phoenix Books
by [Polanyi, Michael]
$31.06
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In its concern with science as an essentially human enterprise, Science, Faith and Society makes an original and challenging contribution to the philosophy of science. On its appearance in 1946 the book quickly became the focus of controversy.
Polanyi aims to show that science must be understood as a community of inquirers held together by a common faith; science, he argues, is not the use of "scientific method" but rather consists in a discipline imposed by scientists on themselves in the interests of discovering an objective, impersonal truth. That such truth exists and can be found is part of the scientists' faith. Polanyi maintains that both authoritarianism and scepticism, attacking this faith, are attacking science itself.
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- University of Chicago Pre Brand
- Aug 15, 1964 Pub Date:
- 9780226672908 ISBN-13:
- 0226672905 ISBN-10:
- 96.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 0.25 in * 5.26 in * 8.01 in Dimensions:
- 0 lb Weight:
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