The Advancement of Science: Science Without Legend, Objectivity Without Illusions

by PhilipKitcher (Author)

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  Paperback
  1995

  $69.48

  In the past three decades, reflections on the growth of scientific knowledge have inspired historians, sociologists, and some philosophers to contend that scientific objectivity is a myth. Kitcher resurrects notions of objectivity and progress in science by identifying both the limitations of idealized treatments of the growth of knowledge and overreactions to philosophical idealizations.