Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Crease, Robert P. (1953-....)  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : The workshop and the world [Texte imprimé] : what ten thinkers can teach us about science and authority / Robert P. Crease

Publication : New York ; London : W.W. Norton & company, copyright 2019

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (319 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm

Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
"A fascinating look at key thinkers throughout history who have shaped public perception of science and the role of authority. When does a scientific discovery become accepted fact? Why have scientific facts become easy to deny? And what can we do about it? In The Workshop and the World, philosopher and science historian Robert P. Crease answers these questions by describing the origins of our scientific infrastructure--the "workshop"--and the role of ten of the world's greatest thinkers in shaping it. At a time when the Catholic Church assumed total authority, Francis Bacon, Galileo Galilei, and René Descartes were the first to articulate the worldly authority of science, while writers such as Mary Shelley and Auguste Comte told cautionary tales of divorcing science from the humanities. The provocative leaders and thinkers Kemal Atatürk and Hannah Arendt addressed the relationship between the scientific community and the public in times of deep distrust. As today's politicians and government officials increasingly accuse scientists of dishonesty, conspiracy, and even hoaxes, engaged citizens can't help but wonder how we got to this level of distrust and how we can emerge from it. This book tells dramatic stories of individuals who confronted fierce opposition--and sometimes risked their lives--in describing the proper authority of science, and it examines how ignorance and misuse of science constitute the preeminent threat to human life and culture. An essential, timely exploration of what it means to practice science for the common good as well as the danger of political action divorced from science, The Workshop and the World helps us understand both the origins of our current moment of great anti-science rhetoric and what we can do to help keep the modern world from falling apart."

Sujet(s) : Sciences -- Méthodologie  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Sciences et société  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Sciences -- Aspect politique  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  306.450 9 (23e éd.) = Sciences (sociologie) - Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780393292435. - ISBN 0393292436 (rel.)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb456990723

Notice n° :  FRBNF45699072 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Francis Bacon's New Atlantis ; Galileo Galilei and the authority of science ; René Descartes : workshop thinking ; Giambattista Vico : going mad rationally ; Mary Shelley's hideous idea ; Auguste Comte's religion of humanity ; Max Weber : authority and bureaucracy ; Kemal Atatürk : science and patriotism ; Edmund Husserl : cultural crisis ; Hannah Arendt : action ; Conclusion.