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Science wars, what scientists know and how they know it, Steven L. Goldman

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Science wars, what scientists know and how they know it, Steven L. Goldman

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eng

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Science wars

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videorecording

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289291001

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Steven L. Goldman

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720

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The great courses, science & mathematics

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what scientists know and how they know it

Summary

Presents lectures (each 30 minutes in length) by Steven L. Goldman discussing various aspects of science

Table Of Contents

pt. 1. Lecture 1. Knowledge and truth are age-old problems -- lecture 2. Competing visions of the scientific method -- lecture 3. Galileo, the Catholic Church, and truth -- lecture 4. Isaac Newton's theory of the universe -- Lecture 5. Science vs. philosophy in the 17th century -- lecture 6. Locke, Hume, and the path to skepticism -- lecture 7. Kant restores certainty -- lecture 8. Science, society, and the age of reason -- lecture 9. Science comes of age in the 19th century -- lecture 10. Theories need not explain -- lecture 11. Knowledge as a product of the active mind -- lecture 12. Trading reality for experiencept. 2. Lecture 13. Scientific truth in the early 20th century -- lecture 14. Two new theories of scientific knowledge -- lecture 15. Einstein and Bohr redefine reality -- lecture 16. Truth, ideology, and thought collectives -- lecture 17. Kuhn's revolutionary image of science -- lecture 18. Challenging mainstream science from within -- Lecture 19. Objectivity under attack -- lecture 20. Scientific knowledge as a social construct -- lecture 21. New definitions of objectivity -- lecture 22. Science wars of the late 20th century -- lecture 23. Intelligent design and the scope of science -- lecture 24. Truth, history, and citizenship

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What scientists know and how they know it

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