The Triumph of Uncertainty : : Science and Self in the Postmodern Age /

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The Triumph of Uncertainty : : Science and Self in the Postmodern Age / / Alfred I. Tauber, author.

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Tauber, a leading figure in history and philosophy of science, offers a unique autobiographical overview of how science as a discipline of thought has been characterized by philosophers and historians over the past century. He frames his account through science's - and his own personal - quest...

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Tauber, Alfred I.,
Place / Publishing House:Budapest : : Central European University Press,, 2022.
©2022.
Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st edition.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (406 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Beginnings
  • Chapter 2. On Ways of Knowing
  • Chapter 3. Transitions
  • Chapter 4. Rewriting Immunology
  • Chapter 5. The Immune Self
  • Chapter 6. Systems Philosophically Considered
  • Chapter 7. Pursuing the Enigmatic Self
  • Chapter 8. Rethinking Science
  • Chapter 9. Outline of a Post-Positivist Philosophy of Science
  • Chapter 10. A New Agenda
  • Chapter 11. Personalizing Science
  • Chapter 12. Moral Epistemology
  • Chapter 13. Requiem for the Ego
  • Chapter 14. Identity Reconsidered
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • The Modernist Self
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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