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Defining Science: A Rhetoric of Demarcation (Rhetoric of the Human Sciences) by Charles Alan Taylor is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Defining Science: A Rhetoric of Demarcation (Rhetoric of the Human Sciences) about?
“The most interesting entry point to the demarcation problem in science since Popper’s seminal formulation.”—Steve Fuller, Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, Durham UniversityWhat is science? What isn’t science? And who draws the line between them? These are rhetorical concerns, as Charles A. Taylor demonstrates in this ambitious book about the theoretical and cultural underpinnings of scientific practice. By showing how boundaries between “science” and “nonscience” are rhetorically constructed and socially enforced,Defining Sciencereveals the political and philosophical significance of such distinctions. Taylor examines the traditional “demarcation problem,” the problem of defining the boundaries of science, as an ongoing rhetorical negotiation involving a full range of historical interests and social actors—from researchers and lab technicians to governmental and industrial patrons, program administrators, political representatives, journalists, and educators. His case studies of the recent debates over creationism and cold fusion clearly demonstrate how the rhetorical dynamics of science operate within different fields. In both cases, presented here with concision and in
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Charles Alan Taylor
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780299150303
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Philosophy, Social Science