Defending Science - Within Reason

We need to find a middle way between the exaggerated deference towards science characteristic of scientism, and the exaggerated suspicion characteristic of anti-scientific attitudes — to acknowledge that science is neither sacred nor a confidence trick. The Critical Commonsensist account of scientif...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Susan Haack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 1999-12-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/18355/17206