Name: The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science
ISBN: 9781324091080

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The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science

Michael Strevens

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Michael Strevens's "provocative and fascinating" (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times) investigation of science asks two fundamental questions: Why is science so powerful? And why did it take so long for the human race to start using science to learn the secrets of nature? The Knowledge Machine's radical answer is that science, by nature, calls on its practitioners to do the irrational. By willfully ignoring religion, theoretical beauty, and especially philosophy, scientists embrace an unnaturally narrow method of inquiry, channeling unprecedented energy into observation and experimentation. Rich with vivid historical examples and widely acclaimed, Knowledge Machine overturns many of our most basic assumptions about scientific discovery.

Book Details

Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publish Date: Nov 16th, 2021
Pages: 368
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.19in - 5.35in - 1.02in - 0.60lb
EAN: 9781324091080
Categories: • History• Research & Methodology• Social

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About the Author

Strevens, Michael: - Michael Strevens, a 2017 Guggenheim Fellow, is a professor of philosophy at New York University. He was born in New Zealand and has been writing about philosophy of science for twenty-five years. He lives in New York.

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