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Article #8700Re: Under-Appreciated Gems of Scientific Epistemology
From: Gregory L. Hansen
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:09
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:09
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In article <235c483f.0407201549.681ffa4@posting.google.com>, Jeff Lanfield <jlanfield2003@yahoo.com> wrote: >I am writing a paper on how new ideas gain acceptance in science. I >would like to get opinions on what were the most profound books and >thinkers on scientific epistemology you have encountered. > >By this I mean a work that totally changed the way you look at the >world and at science. None. My understanding of science has evolved slowly, from numerous sources and personal experiences. It's shuffled and stumbled forward as I slowly grasp concepts on the fourth attempt at general relativity, fifth attempt at quantum field theory, or whatever. There are certainly some very good and useful books, but I can't say I've read any that, as you say, have totally changed the way I look at the world and at science. -- "Experiments are the only means of knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination." -- Max Planck
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