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- catalog abstract ""Perfected science, according to Nicholas Rescher, is "not a realizable condition of things but an idealization that provides a useful contrast conception to highlight the limited character of what we do and can attain." Rescher's discussion focuses on the theoretical limits of science - concentrating on what science can discover, not what it should discover. He explores in detail the existence of limits or limitations on scientific inquiry, especially those that, in principle, preclude the full realization of the aims of science, as opposed to those that relate economic obstacles to scientific progress."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11349414.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Perfected science, according to Nicholas Rescher, is "not a realizable condition of things but an idealization that provides a useful contrast conception to highlight the limited character of what we do and can attain." Rescher's discussion focuses on the theoretical limits of science - concentrating on what science can discover, not what it should discover. He explores in detail the existence of limits or limitations on scientific inquiry, especially those that, in principle, preclude the full realization of the aims of science, as opposed to those that relate economic obstacles to scientific progress."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog description "Question dynamics and problems of scientific completeness -- Questions and scientific progress -- The instability of science -- Complexity escalation as an obstacle to completing science -- Against convergentism -- Question dynamics and problems of scientific completeness -- The unpredictability of future science -- Against insolubilia -- The price of an ultimate theory -- The theoretical unrealizability of perfected science -- The practical infeasibility of perfecting science -- Can computers overcome our limitations? -- Extraterrestrial science (could aliens overcome our limitations?) -- The limits of quantification in human affairs -- The limited province of natural science.".
- catalog extent "xii, 282 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0822957132 (paper : acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press,".
- catalog subject "501 21".
- catalog subject "Q175 .R393327 1999".
- catalog subject "Science Philosophy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Question dynamics and problems of scientific completeness -- Questions and scientific progress -- The instability of science -- Complexity escalation as an obstacle to completing science -- Against convergentism -- Question dynamics and problems of scientific completeness -- The unpredictability of future science -- Against insolubilia -- The price of an ultimate theory -- The theoretical unrealizability of perfected science -- The practical infeasibility of perfecting science -- Can computers overcome our limitations? -- Extraterrestrial science (could aliens overcome our limitations?) -- The limits of quantification in human affairs -- The limited province of natural science.".
- catalog title "The limits of science / Nicholas Rescher.".
- catalog type "text".