An Instinct for Truth
Curiosity and the Moral Character of Science
An exploration of the scientific mindset—such character virtues as curiosity, veracity, attentiveness, and humility to evidence—and its importance for science, democracy, and human flourishing.Exemplary scientists have a characteristic way of viewing the world and their work: their mindset and methods all aim at discovering truths about nature. In An Instinct for Truth, Robert Pennock explores this scientific mindset and argues that what Charles Darwin called an instinct for truth, knowledge, and discovery” has a tacit moral structure—that it is important not only for scientific excellence and integrity but also for democracy and human flouri…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-262-35351-9
- EAN: 9780262353519
- Produktnummer: 34355505
- Verlag: MIT Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 448 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 858 KB
- Abbildungen: NO ART.
Über den Autor
Robert T. Pennock is University Distinguished Professor of History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science at Michigan State University in the Lyman Briggs College and the Departments of Philosophy and Computer Science and Engineering. He is the author of Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism (MIT Press).
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