Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact - by Ludwik Fleck (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Originally published in German in 1935, this monograph anticipated solutions to problems of scientific progress, the truth of scientific fact and the role of error in science now associated with the work of Thomas Kuhn and others.
- Author(s): Ludwik Fleck
- 222 Pages
- Science, Research & Methodology
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Originally published in German in 1935, this monograph anticipated solutions to problems of scientific progress, the truth of scientific fact and the role of error in science now associated with the work of Thomas Kuhn and others. Arguing that every scientific concept and theory--including his own--is culturally conditioned, Fleck was appreciably ahead of his time. And as Kuhn observes in his foreword, "Though much has occurred since its publication, it remains a brilliant and largely unexploited resource." "To many scientists just as to many historians and philosophers of science facts are things that simply are the case: they are discovered through properly passive observation of natural reality. To such views Fleck replies that facts are invented, not discovered. Moreover, the appearance of scientific facts as discovered things is itself a social construction, a made thing. A work of transparent brilliance, one of the most significant contributions toward a thoroughly sociological account of scientific knowledge."--Steven Shapin, ScienceFrom the Back Cover
'To many scientists, just as to many historians and philosophers of science...facts are things that simply are the case; they are discovered through properly passive observation of natural reality. To such views Fleck replies that facts are invented, not discovered. Moreover, the appearance of scientific facts as discovered things is itself a social construction: a made thing...A work of transparent brilliance: one of the most significant contributions toward a thoroughly sociological account of scientific knowledge.'Dimensions (Overall): 8.47 Inches (H) x 5.36 Inches (W) x .61 Inches (D)
Weight: .59 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 222
Genre: Science
Sub-Genre: Research & Methodology
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Ludwik Fleck
Language: English
Street Date: August 15, 1981
TCIN: 1006088952
UPC: 9780226253251
Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-7505
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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