| Description |
12 audio discs (approximately 12 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (iv, 171 pages ; 19 cm). |
| Series |
The great courses. Science & Mathematics |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Note |
Compact discs and book. |
| Performer |
Course taught by Steven L. Goldman. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. |
| Summary |
"The objective of this course is to explore, in depth, the nature of scientific knowledge and of the claims to truth that scientists make on behalf of their theories"--Taken from scope of course. "Choose one: (A) Science gives us objective knowledge of an independently existing reality. (B) Scientific knowledge is always provisional and tells us nothing that is universal, necessary, or certain about the world. Welcome to the science wars -- a long-running battle over the status of scientific knowledge that began in ancient Greece, raged furiously among scientists, social scientists, and humanists during the 1990s, and has re-emerged in today's conflict between science and religion over issues such as evolution"--publisher's website. |
| Contents |
1. Knowledge and Truth Are Age-Old Problems 2. Competing Visions of the Scientific Method 3. Galileo, the Catholic Church, and Truth 4. Isaac Newton's Theory of the Universe 5. Science vs. Philosophy in the 17th Century 6. Locke, Hume, and the Path to Skepticism 7. Kant Restores Certainty 8. Science, Society, and the Age of Reason 9. Science Comes of Age in the 19th Century 10. Theories Need Not Explain 11. Knowledge as a Product of the Active Mind 12. Trading Reality for Experience 13. Scientific Truth in the Early 20th Century 14. Two New Theories of Scientific Knowledge 15. Einstein and Bohr Redefine Reality 16. Truth, Ideology, and Thought Collectives 17. Kuhn's Revolutionary Image of Science 18. Challenging Mainstream Science from Within 19. Objectivity Under Attack 20. Scientific Knowledge as Social Construct 21. New Definitions of Objectivity 22. Science Wars of the Late 20th Century 23. Intelligent Design and the Scope of Science 24. Truth, History, and Citizenship. |
| Subject |
Science -- History.
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Discoveries in science -- History.
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Scientists.
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Discoveries in science. (OCoLC)fst00894959
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Science. (OCoLC)fst01108176
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Scientists. (OCoLC)fst01108895
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| Added Title |
What scientists know and how they know it |
| ISBN |
9781598032062 (CD + bk. set) |
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1598032062 (CD + bk. set) |
| Standard No. |
9781598032062 |
| Music No. |
Course no. 1235 Teaching Company |
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