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The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science
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97/100Author:
Michael Strevens
Publisher:
Liveright
Date:
October 13, 2020
In a new work that blends science, philosophy, and history, leading philosopher of science Michael Strevens answers challenging questions, showing how science came about only once thinkers stumbled upon the astonishing idea that scientific breakthroughs could be accomplished by breaking the rules of logical argument.
What The Reviewers Say
... provocative and fascinating.
... riveting.
Philosopher Strevens now enters the ring, writing accessibly and lucidly about this complex question.
There is no shortage of explanations of how scientists work. Strevens concisely summarizes the most prominent and gives them credit when he feels credit is due.
