Scientific Knowledge and Its Social Problems

Jerome R. Ravetz

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Routledge
31 October 1995

Anthropology; Mathematics & Sciences; Impact of science & technology on society

Science is continually confronted by new and difficult social and ethical problems. Some of these problems have arisen from the transformation of the academic science of the prewar period into the industrialized science of the present. Traditional theories of science are now widely recognized as obsolete. In Scientific Knowledge and Its Social Problems (originally published in 1971), Jerome R. Ravetz analyzes the work of science as the creation and investigation of problems. He demonstrates the role of choice and value judgment, and the inevitability of error, in scientific research. Ravetz's new introductory essay is a masterful statement of how our understanding of science has evolved over the last two decades.

By: Jerome R. Ravetz
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 703g
ISBN: 9781560008514
ISBN 10: 1560008512
Pages: 478
Publication Date: 31 October 1995
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. THE VARIETIES OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE -- 1. ‘What is Science ?’ -- 2. Social Problems of Industrialized Science -- PART II. THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE -- 3. Science as Craftsman’s Work -- 4: Scientific Inquiry: Problem-Solving on Artificial Objects -- 5. Methods -- 6. Facts and their Evolution -- 7. The Special Character of Scientific Knowledge -- PART III. SOCIAL ASPECTS OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY -- 8. The Protection of Property -- 9. The Management of Novelty -- 10. Quality Control in Science -- 11. Ethics in Scientific Activity -- PART IV. SCIENCE IN THE MODERN WORLD -- 12. Technical Problems -- 13. Practical Problems -- 14. Immature and Ineffective Fields of Inquiry -- PART V. CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE Index of Names Index of Topics General Index.

Jerome R. Ravetz taught history and philosophy of science at the University of Leeds; he is now based in London, as a consultant and independent scholar.

Reviews for Scientific Knowledge and Its Social Problems

-Scientific Knowledge and Its Social Problems deserves to stand for some time to come as one of the landmarks of the new critical spirit which is transforming science from within in ways whose political and cultural importance cannot be exaggerated.---Theodore Roszak, The Nation