The workshop and the world : what ten thinkers can teach us about science and authority /

A fascinating look at key thinkers throughout history who have shaped public perception of science and the role of authority. When does a scientific discovery become accepted fact? Why have scientific facts become easy to deny? And what can we do about it? In The Workshop and the World, philosopher...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Crease, Robert P. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Science > Methodology. Science > Social aspects. Science > Political aspects. Science and state. Discoveries in science. SCIENCE / General.

Table of Contents:

Francis Bacon's New Atlantis
Galileo and the authority of science
René Descartes : workshop thinking
Giambattista Vico : going mad rationally
Mary Shelley's hideous idea
Auguste Comte's religion of humanity
Max Weber : authority and bureaucracy
Kemal Atatürk : science and patriotism
Edmund Husserl : cultural crisis
Hannah Arendt : action
Conclusion.