Alfred I. Tauber

Science and the Quest for Meaning

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In this deeply thoughtful exploration, Alfred Tauber, a practicing scientist and highly regarded philosopher, eloquently traces the history of the philosophy of science, seeking in the end to place science within the humanistic context from which it originated. Avoiding the dogmatism that has defined both extremes in the recent Science Wars and presenting a conception of reason that lifts the discussion out of the interminable debates about objectivity and neutrality, Tauber offers a way of understanding science as an evolving relationship between facts and the values that govern their discovery and applications. This timely philosophy of sci… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-60258-210-1
EAN: 9781602582101
Produktnummer: 4649707
Verlag: Baylor University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 266 S.
Masse: H23.8 cm x B16.3 cm x D2.5 cm 600 g
Gewicht: 600
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Alfred I. Tauber is Professor of Philosophy and Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University. The recipient of the 2008 Medal for Science awarded by the University of Bologna for his work on the theoretical development of immunology, Tauber has also published extensively in science studies and bioethics. He is the author or editor of 13 books, including Patient Autonomy and the Ethics of Responsibility, Henry David Thoreau and the Moral Agency of Knowing, and Confessions of a Medicine Man. He lives in Boscawen, New Hampshire.