Between science and values / Loren R. Graham.
Material type:
- 0231051921
- 023105193X
- 303.4/83
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | Högskolan Väst Våning 2 | Våning 2 | 303.483 Graham | Available | 232016760058B |
Pt. 1.; The physical sciences:; Physical knowledge and values:; The new physics --; Physical knowledge and society:; Eddington and the English-speaking world ;; Fock and the Soviet Union ;; Heisenberg and Germany ;; Bergson, Monod, and France --; pt. 2.; The biological sciences:; Biological knowledge and values:; Studying animals to learn about man ;; Primatology and sociobiology --; Biological knowledge and society:; Eugenics: Weimar Germany and Soviet Russia ;; Biomedical ethics --; pt. 3.; Reactions to the dilemma of science and values:; Public concerns about science and technology: the question of limits of inquiry --; Attempts to provide a philosophical overview --; pt. 4.; What kind of expansionism do we want?:; Science and values: attempts at historical understanding
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