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An Exploration of the Grounds for Belief in Science

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Paperback | 2 September 1991

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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 illustrate and express its findings. These elements are variously combined by scientists in their explanations of the material world as it lies outside our everyday experience. John Ziman's book offers at once a valuably clear account and a radically challenging investigation of the credibility of scientific knowledge, searching widely across a range of disciplines for evidence about the perceptions, paradigms and analogies on which all our understanding depends.

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'He is one of the cleverest and most urbane liberal scientists writing about science today.' The Guardian

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Non-Fiction Science Science in General Philosophy of Science Engineering & Technology Technology in General Popular Science

Preface
Grounds for an inquiry
Unambiguous communication
Common observation
World maps and pictures
The stuff of reality
The world of science
Social knowledge
Index
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Reliable Knowledge

An Exploration of the Grounds for Belief in Science

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