Uncertain knowledge: an image of science for a changing world
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| adam_text | UNCERTAIN KNOWLEDGE AN IMAGE OF SCIENCE FOR A CHANGING WORLD R. G. A.
DOLBY CENTRE FOR THE HISTORY AND CULTURAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE RUTHERFORD
COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT CANTERBURY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
CONTENTS PREFACE PAGE X 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 THE PROBLEM: UNDERSTANDING
NATURAL SCIENCE AS COGNITIVE ACTIVITY 1 1.2 THE STRATEGY EMPLOYED 3 1.3
THE PLAN OF THE BOOK 7 PART I THE NATURE OF SCIENCE 11 2 LEVELS OF
COGNITIVE ACTIVITY , 13 2.1 INTRODUCTION 13 2.2 SENSORIMOTOR COGNITIVE
ACTIVITY 17 T2.3 PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE 21 2.4 GROUP KNOWLEDGE 23 2.5
KNOWLEDGE WITHIN A SHARED INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 28 2.6 COMMON
KNOWLEDGE 30 2.7 KNOWLEDGE FIT FOR EXTRATERRESTRIALS 33 2.8 INTERACTION
OF THE LEVELS OF COGNITIVE ACTIVITY 34 2.9 SUMMARY 35 3 FACTS IN
FRAMEWORKS 36 3.1 SCIENCE AS THE CONSTRUCTION AND CLOSURE OF BLACK BOXES
37 3.2 FRAMEWORKS 38 3.3 INTERLUDE: VELIKOVSKY - SCIENCE DUTSIDE THE
NORMAL FRAMEWORK? 47 3.4 FACTS 49 3.5 SUMMARY 53 VN VIII CONTENTS 4
RATIONALITY, IRRATIONALITY, AND RELATIVISM 55 4.1 RATIONALITY 55 4.2
INTERLUDE: IS THE SEARCH FOR PERPETUAL MOTION IRRATIONAL? 72 4.3
IRRATIONALITY 76 4.4 INTERLUDE: WOMEN S BRAINS 83 4.5 RELATIVISM . 84
4.6 SUMMARY 98 5 KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY 100 5.1 FROM RELATIVISM THROUGH
SCEPTICISM TO A MODEST REALISM 100 5.2 IMMEDIATE REALITY 103 5.3
PROBLEMS OF KNOWLEDGE BASED UPON IMMEDIATE REALITY 106 5.4 FROM
SUBJECTIVE CERTAINTY TO SCIENTIFIC RIGOUR 116 5.5 IMPLICATIONS FOR OLDER
THEORIES OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD 121 5.6 SUMMARY - 127 6 A NEW ACCOUNT OF
THE SCIENTIFIC PROCESS 129 6.1 INTRODUCTION 129 6.2 MATCHING FACTUAL
CLAIMS TO REALITY 130 6.3 MATCHING THEORIES TO FACTUAL CLAIMS 136 6.4
RECONCILING THEORIES IN NETWORKS OF UNDERSTANDING 139 6.5 REWORKING
REALITY IN THE IMAGE OF OUR UNDERSTANDING 151 6.6 SUMMARY 154 PART II
DOES SCIENCE HAVE DISTINCTIVE QUALITIES? 157 7 WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS
DISTINCTIVE ABOUT SCIENCE? 159 7.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE DISTINCTIVENESS
ISSUE 159 7.2 PHILOSOPHICAL ANSWERS 161 7.3 SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE
ANSWERS 165 7.4 WHICH ASPECTS OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY ARE DISTINCTIVE?
167 7.5 SCIENCE IN RELATION TO COMMON SENSE 174 7.6 SCIENCE IN RELATION
TO POPULAR CULTURE 177 7.7 NATURAL SCIENCE IN RELATION TO ACADEMIC
PRACTICES 180 7.8 CONCLUSION 184 7.9 SUMMARY ^ 188 8 HOW IS GOOD SCIENCE
TO BE DISTINGUISHED FROM BAD SCIENCE? 190 8.1 SCIENCE IN RELATION TO
PSEUDO-SCIENCE 191 8.2 PHILOSOPHY: SCIENCE VERSUS PSEUDO-SCIENCE 192 8.3
AN EXAMPLE: POPPER S DEMARCATION CRITERION 195 8.4 THE HISTORY OF
SCIENCE AND PSEUDO-SCIENCE 206 CONTENTS * IX 8.5 AN EXAMPLE: THE
SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION 207 8.6 SUMMARY 225 9 A THEORY OF THE PATHOLOGIES
OF SCIENCE 227 9.1 PATHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 227 9.2 THE N-RAY STORY 229 9.3
PATHOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION AND NEGOTIATION OF SCIENTIFIC FACTS 232
9.4 PATHOLOGIES IN THE RECONCILIATION OF FACT AND EXPECTATION 238 9.5
PATHOLOGIES OF THE ASSIMILATION OF REVISED HYPOTHESES 239 9.6 FAILURES
IN INFERENCES FROM RECEIVED KNOWLEDGE 242 9.7 CONCLUDING DISCUSSION 243
9.8 SUMMARY 244 PART III CHANGING SCIENCE IN A CHANGING WORLD? * 245 10
WHAT ARE ACCEPTABLE VARIATIONS OF PRESENT SCIENCE? 247 10.1 INTRODUCTION
247 10.2 SCIENCE DONE BY COMPUTERS? 249 10.3 TOWARDS A FEMINIST SCIENCE?
267 10.4 PSYCHICAL RESEARCH 283 10.5 ALIEN SCIENCE 292 10.6 SUMMARY
292 11 AND IN THE LONG-TERM? 294 LHL INTRODUCTION 294 11.2 ABSOLUTIST
FRAMEWORKS AND THEIR PROBLEMS 296 11.3 THE EVOLUTIONARY FRAMEWORK 299
11.4 THE EVOLUTIONARY FRAMEWORK APPLIED 312 11.5 SUMMARY 320 APPENDIX:
SUMMARY OF CASES OF MARGINAL AND DISPUTED SCIENCE 321 REFERENCES 343
INDEX 360
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