Science and Values
, by Laudan, LarryNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780520057432 | 0520057430
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 2/1/1986
Laudan constructs a fresh approach to a longtime problem for the philosopher of science: how to explain the simultaneous and widespread presence of both agreement and disagreement in science. Laudan critiques the logical empiricists and the post-positivists as he stresses the need for centrality and values and the interdependence of values, methods, and facts as prerequisites to solving the problems of consensus and dissent in science.