Science and Its FabricationAided by historical examples, this book shows how a qualified defence of science is possible that occupies middle ground between ideological glorifications and radical denials or rejections of it. The book then gives a clarification of the limitations of science. |
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Contents
Against Universal Method | 11 |
The Aim of Science | 23 |
Observation Objectified | 41 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Science and Its Fabrication |
| Author | Alan Francis Chalmers |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Open University Press, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 0335093183, 9780335093182 |
| Length | 142 pages |
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