The Nature of Science
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The Nature of Science

Integrating Historical, Philosophical, and Sociological Perspectives

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eBook - ePub

The Nature of Science

Integrating Historical, Philosophical, and Sociological Perspectives

About this book

The role of science in society, along with its nature and development, are commonly misunderstood by students in the social sciences and humanities, and even those studying in the field. Fernando Espinoza shines light on these misconceptions to give readers a deeper understanding of science and its effect and influence upon society, through historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives. This book incorporates the mandates by national organizations such as the National Research Council and National Science Teachers Association and is a useful text for required courses of general education majors and science courses for preservice teachers.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1: The Need for Scientific Literacy
  5. Chapter 2: The Origins of Accomplishing Tasks
  6. Chapter 3: The Earliest Comprehensive and Rationalistic Syntheses
  7. Chapter 4: Knowing, Doing, and the Inevitability of Curiosity and Exploration
  8. Chapter 5: From the Transcendent to the Temporal
  9. Chapter 6: From Qualities to Quantities
  10. Chapter 7: Internalizing Naturalistic Explanations
  11. Chapter 8: Dispensing with Philosophy and Entertaining Limits to Human Knowledge
  12. Chapter 9: Scientifically Speaking, We Know a Lot—or Do We?
  13. Chapter 10: The Need for a Context
  14. Chapter 11: The Rightful Place of Science in Society
  15. Chapter 12: Concluding Reflections
  16. Appendix A
  17. Appendix B
  18. Notes
  19. About the Author