In Science and Culture, Joseph Agassi addresses scientism and relativism, two false philosophies that divorce science from culture in general and from tradition in particular. According to Agassi, science is an integral part of culture, and both scientism and relativism ignore the cultural value of science. This work helps break the isolation of science from the rest of culture by promoting popular science and reasonable history of science. Agassi provides examples of the value of science to culture at large, discussions of items of the general culture and their interactions with science, and practical strategies and tools. He offers a wide variety of case studies to exemplify these. In this book Agassi puts significant topics such as autonomy, tolerance, reason, philosophy and responsibility on the agenda of democratic philosophy today.
| ISBN: | 9789048162345 |
| Publication date: | 7th December 2010 |
| Author: | Joseph Agassi |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 452 pages |
| Series: | Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science |
| Genres: |
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Historiography Political science and theory History |
In Science and Culture, Joseph Agassi addresses scientism and relativism, two false philosophies that divorce science from culture in general and from tradition in particular. According to Agassi, science is an integral part of culture, and both scientism and relativism ignore the cultural value of science. This work helps break the isolation of science from the rest of culture by promoting popular science and reasonable history of science. Agassi provides examples of the value of science to culture at large, discussions of items of the general culture and their interactions with science, and practical strategies and tools. He offers a wide variety of case studies to exemplify these. In this book Agassi puts significant topics such as autonomy, tolerance, reason, philosophy and responsibility on the agenda of democratic philosophy today.
Science and Culture features in the following genres: Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Historiography, Political science and theory, History
Science and Culture is available in Paperback, Hardback
Science and Culture was written by Joseph Agassi and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands
Science and Culture has 452 pages
Yes it is part of Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science series