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- catalog abstract ""In this wide-ranging book, Brian Davies discusses the basis for scientists' claims to knowledge about the world. He looks at science historically, emphasizing not only the achievements of scientists from Galileo onwards, but also their mistakes. He rejects the claim that all scientific knowledge is provisional, by citing examples from chemistry, biology and geology. A major feature of the book is its defence of the view that mathematics was invented rather than discovered. While experience has shown that disentangling scientific knowledge from opinion and aspiration is a hard task, this book provides a clear guide to the difficulties."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12943340.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""In this wide-ranging book, Brian Davies discusses the basis for scientists' claims to knowledge about the world. He looks at science historically, emphasizing not only the achievements of scientists from Galileo onwards, but also their mistakes. He rejects the claim that all scientific knowledge is provisional, by citing examples from chemistry, biology and geology. A major feature of the book is its defence of the view that mathematics was invented rather than discovered. While experience has shown that disentangling scientific knowledge from opinion and aspiration is a hard task, this book provides a clear guide to the difficulties."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-287) and index.".
- catalog description "Perception and language -- Theories of the mind -- Arithmetic -- How hard can problems get? -- Pure mathematics -- Mechanics and astronomy -- Probability and quantum theory -- Is evolution a theory? -- Against reductionism -- Some final thoughts.".
- catalog extent "x, 295 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0198525435 :".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "500 22".
- catalog subject "Q175.3 .D39 2003".
- catalog subject "Science History.".
- catalog subject "Science Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Science.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Perception and language -- Theories of the mind -- Arithmetic -- How hard can problems get? -- Pure mathematics -- Mechanics and astronomy -- Probability and quantum theory -- Is evolution a theory? -- Against reductionism -- Some final thoughts.".
- catalog title "Science in the looking glass : what do scientists really know? / E. Brian Davies.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".