Science and the quest for meaning
By: Alfred I. Tauber.
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781602582101
Subjects: Science -- Philosophy; Science and the humanities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Concerning scientific reason; title: General themes; title: Narrative plan; title: What is science?; title: Reason in dispute; title: Rebuttal to an unfair indictment; title: Science and the quest for reality; title: Science and its values; title: Nineteenth-century positivism; title: The argument; title: Cultures; title: The human sciences; title: The fall of positivism; title: Polany : personalizing knowledge; title: Kuhn : raising the lid of pandora's box; title: Quine and the dismantling of logical positivism; title: The constructivist challenge; title: The science wars; title: Battles in the night; title: The character of reason; title: Taking stock; title: Science in its socio-political contexts; title: Disentangling facts and values, again; title: Science as politics; title: Science and human nature; title: Science and culture; title: A case study : environmentalism; title: Claims for a science-based ethics; title: Teleology; title: Environmentalism's religious origins; title: Conclusion: The challenge of coherence; title: Science as a world view; title: Bridging the divide; title: A moral epistemology; title: The search for meaning.