Between the Under-Labourer and the Master-Builder: Observations on Bunge's Method

Autor/in	Agassi, Joseph
Titel	Between the Under-Labourer and the Master-Builder: Observations on Bunge's Method
Quelle	In: Science & Education, 21 (2012) 10, S.1405-1418 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0926-7220
DOI	10.1007/s11191-011-9386-8
Schlagwörter	Philosophy; Sciences; Scientific Enterprise; Scientific Principles + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Philosophie; Science; Wissenschaft
Abstract	Mario Bunge has repeatedly discussed contributions to philosophy and to science that are worthless at best and dangerous at worst, especially cases of pseudo-science. He clearly gives his reason in his latest essay on this matter: "The fact that science can be faked to the point of deceiving science lovers suggests the need for a rigorous sifting device". Moreover, this sifting has its rewards, as "sometimes intellectual gold comes mixed with muck". Furthermore, the sifting device is a demarcation of science, which answers interesting questions: what is valuable in science and what makes it tick? The question is under dispute. So before coming to it we should admit a few preliminary ideas that are more difficult to contest than ideas that purport to demarcate science. (As Provided).
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