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Douglas Allchin is a AAAS Fellow and Resident Fellow at the Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science, and a historian and philosopher of science. Trained originally in evolutionary biology, he has contributed to field research in the Chesapeake Bay, Rocky Mountains, and Panama. He received his Ph.D. in the Conceptual Foundations of Science from the University of Chicago. His historical work on late phlogistonists and the ox phos controversy in bioenergetics are widely respected. He is also internationally renowned for efforts to integrate history and philosophy into science teaching, recognized by the History of Science Society's Hazen Prize.
Toward a Philosophy of Error in Science is the fruit of a longstanding and in-depth inquiry into the nature of errors in science. Informed by first-hand scientific experience, extended historical case studies, and sustained philosophical reflection, the book of Douglas Allchinn argues for taking scientific error seriously as immanent in scientific practice itself and acknowledging it as a source of knowledge acquisition rather than an alien in the universe of the quest for scientific truth. A must-read for historians, philosophers and sociologists of science, scientific practitioners, as well as teachers and students of science alike."" Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin This is comprehensive and very readable treatment of a subject that has received far too little attention. Allchin is clearly on the leading edge of this work. Overall, this is an excellent and much needed book and a significant addition to the literature. I believe it will very rapidly become the standard text in the field."" Stuart Firestein, Columbia University
Information and the Nature of Reality...
From Physics to Metaphysics
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