Defending Science - Within Reason : Between Scientism and Cynicism

by Haack, Susan

• ISBN13: 9781591021179
• ISBN10: 1591021170
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

Sweeping in scope, penetrating in analysis, and generously illustrated with examples from the history of science, this new and original approach to familiar questions about scientific evidence and method tackles vital questions about science and its place in society. Writing with verve and wry humour, in a witty, direct, and accessible style, Haack takes readers beyond the "Science Wars" to a balanced understanding of the value, and the limitations, of the scientific enterprise.

Author Biography

Susan Haack is Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences, professor of philosophy, and professor of law at the University of Miami.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(4)
Acknowledgments	13	(4)
Chapter 1: Neither Sacred nor a Confidence Trick: The Critical Common-Sensist Manifesto	17	(14)
Chapter 2: Nail Soup: A Brief, Opinionated History of the Old Deferentialism	31	(26)
Chapter 3: Clues to the Puzzle of Scientific Evidence: A More-So Story	57	(36)
Chapter 4: The Long Arm of Common Sense: Instead of a Theory of Scientific Method	93	(30)
Chapter 5: Realistically Speaking: How Science Fumbles, and Sometimes Forges, Ahead	123	(28)
Chapter 6: The Same, Only Different: Integrating the Intentional	151	(28)
Chapter 7: A Modest Proposal: The Sensible Program in Sociology of Science	179	(28)
Chapter 8: Stronger Than Fiction: Science, Literature, and the "Literature of Science"	207	(26)
Chapter 9: Entangled in the Bramble Bush: Science in the Law	233	(32)
Chapter 10: Point of Honor: On Science and Religion	265	(34)
Chapter 11: What Man Can Achieve When He Really Puts His Mind to It: The Value, and the Values, of Science	299	(30)
Chapter 12: Not Till It's Over: Reflections on the End of Science	329	(26)
Bibliography	355	(34)
Index	389