
Science Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It
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Steven L. Goldman
Choose one: (A) Science gives us objective knowledge of an independently existing reality, or (B) Scientific knowledge is always provisional and tells us nothing that is universal, necessary, or certain about the world.
Made your choice? Welcome to the science wars. This long-running battle over the status of scientific knowledge began in ancient Greece, raged furiously among scientists, social scientists, and humanists during the 1990s, and has reemerged in today's conflict between science and religion over issues like evolution.
This series of 24 lectures explores the history of competing conceptions of scientific knowledge and their implications for science and society, beginning with the onset of the Scientific Revolution in the 1600s up until today. It will provide you with an understanding of how science works that is as important as ever. Though it may seem that the accelerating pace of discoveries, inventions, and unexpected insights into nature over the centuries should secure foundations of scientific inquiry, that is far from true, as every day's headlines demonstrate.
By the end of these lectures, you will understand what science is, and you will be enlightened about a fascinating problem you might not even have known existed. "There have been a raft of popular books about what scientists know," says Professor Goldman, "but to the best of my knowledge, there is not a single one of these popular books that focuses centrally on the question of how scientists know what they know." These lectures are an answer to that critical need.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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What made the experience of listening to Science Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It the most enjoyable?
It's literally a page turner. Each lecture leads into the next, touching on aspects of human history that one has learned about but never really analyzed in this context. Professor Goldman brings his arguments to life - well reasoned, crystal clear and intellectually challenging. For the most part objective tooWhat was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
The humanization of the historical and contemporary charactersWhich character – as performed by Professor Steven L. Goldman – was your favorite?
N/AWas there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Many... but the overall effect was one of growth. As in all the best courses, you come out the other end having learned more about yourself and your place in the world around you... This course provides it in spadesAny additional comments?
The hypotheses, philosophical arguments and scientific postulations are too numerous to mention. Suffice to say there's something in here for every level of neophyte and expert in the sciences... a real roller coaster ride through it's philosophical historyEmancipation from what you think you don't know
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Great course!
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In this course, the questions just keep coming - often, questions most of us never even think to ask. And visiting (or revisiting) those queries, it turns out, makes for time well spent!
My husband and I listened to this on a long summer car trip with lots of traffic jams and road construction delays. His background is in physics, mine is in the humanities - and we both really got a lot out of this set of lectures. They, in fact, went a long way toward making the trip bearable! There's more philosophy and history here than equations and theorems, and thus the course presents a very different angle for viewing the concerns of science and great scientists and philosophers through the ages. And there's much to prove that these questions are just as relevant and important today as ever before.
There are times when it gets pretty esoteric and can make the head spin - I certainly got lost occasionally - but these are issues well worth considering and very pertinent to our time. Professor Goldman assumes intelligence in his listeners and the ability to take in a lot during each lecture. So, the listener has got to work at it - and perhaps it will take more than one time through to get the most from the experience.
Everything is here - history, classic and modern philosophy, politics, science, religion, ethics . . . . If you have any curiosity about how these relate to science and to today's most vital issues, then I, for one, highly recommend you fight out these "Science Wars." It's a wild - and enlightening - ride!
Mind Twister!
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As a sociologist
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Great lectures but a little light on science.
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Informative
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This book (in combination with Philosophy of Science, also from The Great Courses) helped me survive the fantastically boring and inaccessible Masters degree courses on scientific methods and scientific philosophy. These two books completely turned me around on the subject (it's fascinating!) and helped me land at least 15 university credits - no joke!Fantastic!
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Eye opening lectures
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Insightful and important, wonderful presentation
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Where does Science Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Absolutely top-notch. One of the few that I've listened to all the way through.What did you like best about this story?
The author's incredible knowledge and manner of delivery.Which scene was your favorite?
N/AWas this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Impossible! You need to think and digest each lecture before going to the next.Any additional comments?
I wish this were available in printed form too. I believe it would be a valuable reference book.Fascinating from beginning to end
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