Science and Culture
Published on 7. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXXII, 416 pages
978-90-481-6234-5 (ISBN)
Description
In
Science and Culture
, Joseph Agassi addresses scientism and relativism, two false 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.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2003
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XXXII, 416 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-481-6234-5 (9789048162345)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-2946-8
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J. Agassi
Science and Culture
Book
07/2003
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Content
1. Autonomy.- 1.1 Science fiction: this message is for you. Maybe.- 1.2 The consolations of science.- 1.3 The moral base of science, or, The architectonic of open-ended reason.- 1.4 The theory and practice of critical rationalism.- 1.5 Science as training for autonomy.- 1.6 Science and the call of the wild.- 1.7 Science and controversy.- 2. Tolerance.- 2.1 Faith in the open society: the end of hermeneutics.- 2.2 The functions of intellectual rubbish.- 2.3 Science and the interpersonal.- 2.4 Science and pluralism.- 2.5 Wild goose chase.- 2.6 Science and its public relations.- 2.7 Irrationalism today.- 3. Reason.- 3.1 Minimal criteria for intellectual progress.- 3.2 Bloodletting.- 3.3 The critique of linearity.- 3.4 Science, politics and objectivity.- 3.5 Science and the detective novel.- 3.6 The two books.- 3.7 Science and technology.- 4. Philosophy.- 4.1 Science and philosophy.- 4.2 Progress in science and in art.- 4.3 Technology as both science and art.- 4.4 Artificial intelligence.-4.5 Philosophy without science.- 4.6 Science and art.- 4.7 The inner world.- 5. Responsibility.- 5.1 Validation.- 5.2 The politics of science.- 5.3 Science as a public enterprise.- 5.4 Science and commonsense.- 5.5 Rationalizing politics.- 5.6 The siblinghood of humanity.- 5.7 For public responsibility for spaceship earth.- Suggested Reading.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.