Graham, Loren R.

Between science and values Loren R. Graham. - New York Columbia University Press 1981 - x, 449 p. 24 cm

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [415]-439.

pt. 1. The physical sciences: Physical knowledge and values: The new physics -- Physical knowledge and society: Eddington and the English-speaking world ; Fock and the Soviet Union ; Heisenberg and Germany ; Bergson, Monod, and France -- pt. 2. The biological sciences: Biological knowledge and values: Studying animals to learn about man ; Primatology and sociobiology -- Biological knowledge and society: Eugenics: Weimar Germany and Soviet Russia ; Biomedical ethics -- pt. 3. Reactions to the dilemma of science and values: Public concerns about science and technology: the question of limits of inquiry -- Attempts to provide a philosophical overview -- pt. 4. What kind of expansionism do we want?: Science and values: attempts at historical understanding.

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Science--Social aspects.
Science--History.
Science--Philosophy.

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