On Science: Concepts, Cultures and Limits

On Science: Concepts, Cultures, and Limits explores the relationship between science and religion, philosophy, ethics, mathematics, and socio-economic changes, discussing the metaphysical contexts in which science emerged, the role of materials in the substantiation of the conceptual world, and the establishment of modern science on experimentation and mathematics. It highlights the weaknesses inherent in a scientific approach and discusses the nature of scientific education to ensure pioneering creativity and preserve scientific rigor.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 256 pages
\n Publication date: 21 December 2020
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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On Science: Concepts, Cultures, and Limits delves into the intricate relationship between science and a wide range of disciplines, including religion, philosophy, ethics, mathematics, and socio-economic transformations. It provides a comprehensive overview of the metaphysical contexts that shaped the emergence of science and explores the diverse forms that science has taken throughout history. The book examines the ancient cultures' fascination with validating interpretations of natural phenomena, the significance of studying materials in constructing the conceptual world, and the establishment of modern science on the foundations of experimentation and mathematics. Through a series of examples spanning physics to the life sciences, the volume illustrates how current concepts have evolved over centuries or even millennia.

Furthermore, the book highlights the inherent weaknesses within a scientific approach and how, in the modern context of a wealth-driven technological orientation, these weaknesses have contributed to a gradual distortion of science into its exact opposite—a dogmatic faith. It also delves into the nature of scientific education worldwide and discusses strategies for fostering pioneering creativity while maintaining scientific rigor.

This insightful book appeals to scholars, teachers, and researchers in the fields of science, metaphysics, philosophy of science, mathematics, science and technology studies, epistemology, ethics, history, and sociology. It is also valuable for general readers with an interest in the history of scientific discoveries and ideas, as well as in the contemporary issues surrounding science, particularly its relations with pressing problems.

\n Weight: 536g\n
Dimension: 160 x 242 x 24 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367442552\n \n