Progress In Science And Its Social Conditions

Author : Tord Ganelius
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 256 pages
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Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483147802

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Progress in Science and Its Social Conditions focuses on the drive to institute a sound development of science relative to technological innovations. Discussed in the book are the contributions of authors who have conducted research on the advancement of science in different environments. The contributions include literature that focus on tracing the history of science and how it has advanced in different countries. The book also elaborates on the emergence of various movements in scientific progress, including scientism, anti-scientism, elitism, and charlatanism. The conditions in the advance of science is then given attention. The book also highlights the role of higher education in research and development, and at the same time, puts emphasis on the recruitment of scientists in less developed countries. The processes and related factors of the advancement of technological innovation in various industrial settings are discussed. This is conducted by tracking how one company was able to upgrade the products it offers. The advancement of technology is identified as it is established that the company has continuously upgraded its products through the years. The contributions in this book can best serve the interest of those in the field of science, particularly those who are conducting research on its progress and utilization.

Author : Larry Laudan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1978-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520037219

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Progress and Its Problems by Larry Laudan Pdf

"A book that shakes philosophy of science to its roots. Laudan both destroys and creates. With detailed, scathing criticisms, he attacks the 'pregnant confusions' in extant philosophies of science. The progress they espouse derives from strictly empirical criteria, he complains, and this clashes with historical evidence. Accordingly, Laudan constructs a remedy from historical examples that involves nothing less than the redefinition of scientific rationality and progress . . . Surprisingly, after this reshuffling, science still looks like a noble-and progressive-enterprise ... The glory of Laudan's system is that it preserves scientific rationality and progress in the presence of social influence. We can admit extra-scientific influences without lapsing into complete relativism. . . a must for both observers and practitioners of science." --Physics Today "A critique and substantial revision of the historic theories of scientific rationality and progress (Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos, Feyerabend, etc.). Laudan focuses on contextual problem solving effectiveness (carefully defined) as a criterion for progress, and expands the notion of 'paradigm' to a 'research tradition,' thus providing a meta-empirical basis for the commensurability of competing theories. From this perspective, Laudan suggests revised programs for history and philosophy of science, the history of ideas, and the sociology of science. A superb work, closely argued, clearly written, and extensively annotated, this book will become a widely required text in intermediate courses."--Choice

Author : Larry Laudan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1978-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520037212

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Progress and Its Problems by Larry Laudan Pdf

"A book that shakes philosophy of science to its roots. Laudan both destroys and creates. With detailed, scathing criticisms, he attacks the 'pregnant confusions' in extant philosophies of science. The progress they espouse derives from strictly empirical criteria, he complains, and this clashes with historical evidence. Accordingly, Laudan constructs a remedy from historical examples that involves nothing less than the redefinition of scientific rationality and progress . . . Surprisingly, after this reshuffling, science still looks like a noble-and progressive-enterprise ... The glory of Laudan's system is that it preserves scientific rationality and progress in the presence of social influence. We can admit extra-scientific influences without lapsing into complete relativism. . . a must for both observers and practitioners of science." --Physics Today "A critique and substantial revision of the historic theories of scientific rationality and progress (Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos, Feyerabend, etc.). Laudan focuses on contextual problem solving effectiveness (carefully defined) as a criterion for progress, and expands the notion of 'paradigm' to a 'research tradition,' thus providing a meta-empirical basis for the commensurability of competing theories. From this perspective, Laudan suggests revised programs for history and philosophy of science, the history of ideas, and the sociology of science. A superb work, closely argued, clearly written, and extensively annotated, this book will become a widely required text in intermediate courses."--Choice

Author : Robert S. HAMILTON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0025183390

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Present Status of Social Science. A review ... of the progress of thought in social philosophy by Robert S. HAMILTON Pdf

Author : Tord Ganelius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:865939772

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Progress in Science and Its Social Conditions by Tord Ganelius Pdf

Author : Robert S. Hamilton
Publisher : Sagwan Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1340337045

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Present Status of Social Science. a Review, Historical and Critical, of the Progress of Thought in Social Philosophy by Robert S. Hamilton Pdf

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Author : Wolf Schäfer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400970809

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Finalization in Science by Wolf Schäfer Pdf

These essays on Finalization in Science - The Social Orientation of Scientific Progress comprise a remarkable, problematic and controversial book. The authors propose a thesis about the social direction of scientific research which was the occasion of a lively and often bitter debate in Germany from 1976 to 1982. Their provocative thesis, briefly, is this: that modern science converges, historically, to the development of a number of 'closed theories', i. e. stable and relatively completed sciences, no longer to be improved by small changes but only by major changes in an entire theoretical structure. Further: that at such a stage of 'mature theory', the formerly viable norm of intra-scientific autonomy may appropriately be replaced by the social direction' of further scientific research (within such a 'mature' field) for socially relevant or, we may bluntly say, 'task-oriented' purposes. This is nothing less than a theory for the planning and social directing of science, under certain specific conditions. Understandably, it raised the sharp objections that such an approach would subordinate scientific inquiry as a free and untrammeled search for truth to the dictates of social relevance and dominant interests, even possibly to dictation and control for particularistic social and political interests.

Author : Anthony R. Pratkanis
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781136737039

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The Science of Social Influence by Anthony R. Pratkanis Pdf

The contributions to this volume capture the thrill of current work on social influence, as well as providing a tutorial on the scientific and technical aspects of this research. The volume teaches the student to: Learn how to conduct lab, field and case research on social influence through example by leading researchers Find out about the latest discoveries including the status of research on social influence tactics, dissonance theory, conformity, and resistance to influence Discover how seemingly complex issues such as power, rumors, group and minority influence and norms can be investigated using the scientific method Apply knowledge to current influence campaigns to find out what works and what does not. The Science of Social Influence is the perfect core or complementary text for advanced undergraduate or graduate students in courses such as Attitudes and Attitude Change, Communications, Research Methods and, of course, Social Influence.

Author : Gabriel A. Almond
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1985-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520054474

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Progress and Its Discontents by Gabriel A. Almond Pdf

Events of the past two decades have challenged many of the fundamental beliefs, institutions, and values of modern western culture--the culture of "progress." Are science and technology really progressive and beneficial? Have they led to the enhancement of welfare, greater hapiness, and moral immprovement? I s the continued growth of material productivity possible? Desirable? Are the institutions of progress viable? Progress and Its Discontents assembles the views on progress of some of America's leading humanists, scientists, and social scientists. Citing disappointed expectations of progress in spheres from science to morals and politics, and the many problems created or left untouched by progress, the editors conclude that the term no longer refers to "an inevitable sequence of improvements" but rather to "an aspiration and compelling obligation."

Author : Thomas S. Kuhn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Science
ISBN : OCLC:1303903719

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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn Pdf

Author : A. Ng
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781849807821

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Copyright Law and the Progress of Science and the Useful Arts by A. Ng Pdf

The American Constitution empowers Congress to enact copyright laws to 'promote the progress of science and the useful arts'. This book offers the first in-depth analysis of the connection between copyright law as a legal institution and the constitutional goal of promoting social and cultural advancement. Focusing on the relationship between this explicit purpose and the normative uses and production of creative works, Alina Ng argues that a robust copyright system that embodies moral and ethical principles is necessary to protect the different values and expectations of authors, publishers and users of creative works. The author demonstrates that a more nuanced understanding of property rights and statutory privileges as bearing different types of entitlements is critical to the sustainable development of society and culture at both national and international levels. She posits that as communication technologies become ubiquitous and facilitate greater connectivity between authors and their readers, the notion of authorship as a creative endeavor producing works with significant influence upon society and culture must form the central tenet of the copyright system. This unique approach to copyright law will be of interest to legal, cultural and literary scholars as well as others interested in the relationship between creativity, authorship and progress.

Author : Anol Bhattacherjee
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1475146124

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Social Science Research by Anol Bhattacherjee Pdf

This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.

Author : P. Zilsel,Edgar Zilsel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1402013590

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The Social Origins of Modern Science by P. Zilsel,Edgar Zilsel Pdf

Here, for the first time, is a single volume in English that contains all the important historical essays Edgar Zilsel (1891-1944) published during WWII on the emergence of modern science. It also contains one previously unpublished essay and an extended version of an essay published earlier. This volume is unique in its well-articulated social perspective on the origins of modern science and is of major interest to students in early modern social history/history of science, professional philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science.

Author : G. Radnitzky,G. Andersson,Robert S. Cohen,Marx W. Wartofsky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400998667

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Progress and Rationality in Science by G. Radnitzky,G. Andersson,Robert S. Cohen,Marx W. Wartofsky Pdf

This collection of essays has evolved through the co-operative efforts, which began in the fall of 1974, of the participants in a workshop sponsored by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. The idea of holding one or more small colloquia devoted to the topics of rational choice in science and scientific progress originated in a conversation in the summer of 1973 between one of the editors (GR) and the late Imre Lakatos. Unfortunately Lakatos himself was never able to see this project through, but his thought-provoking methodology of scientific research programmes was ably expounded and defended by his successors. Indeed, this volume continues and deepens the debate inaugurated in Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge (edited by Imre Lakatos and Alan Musgrave), a book which grew out of a conference held in 1965. That debate has continued during the years that have passed since that conference. The group of discussions about the place of rationality in science which have been held between those who emphasize the history of science (with Feyerabend and Kuhn as the most prominent exponents) and the critical rationalists (Popper and his followers), with Imre Lakatos defending a middle ground, these discussions were seen by almost all commentators as the most important event in the philosophy of science in the last decade. This problem area constituted the central theme of our Thyssen workshop. The workshop operated in the following manner.

Author : Larry Laudan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1977-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520033302

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Progress and Its Problems by Larry Laudan Pdf