Reliable Knowledge: An Exploration of the Grounds for Belief in Science
A Philosophy, Science book. This is not a book I would pick up for pleasure reading, but a book for one of my courses...
Why believe in the findings of science? John Ziman argues that scientific knowledge is not uniformly reliable, but rather like a map representing a country we cannot visit. He shows how science has many elements, including alongside its experiments and formulae the language and logic, patterns and preconceptions, facts and fantasies used to...
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Disappointing. I have trouble taking any book on epistemology seriously when there's no acknowledgement of the limitations of the book's own "truth." While I agree with the basic premise--science is not perfect--I think the argument could have been much stronger. I will deliberately be a bad reviewer and leave out examples because I... This is not a book I would pick up for pleasure reading, but a book for one of my courses I am taking. The first three chapters are dense and tiring, but the remaining four chapters improve. I appreciate the index and the footnotes in the book. It's a necessary read and introduction to science from a humanist perspective.
