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Power and Invention: Situating Science

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One of the most penetrating and celebrated thinkers writing about the philosophy of science today, Isabelle Stengers here provides a firsthand account of the meeting of science and history. Concerned with the force and inventiveness of those theories, Power and Invention offers a unique perspective on the power of scientific theories to modify society, and vice versa.Using the law of thermodynamics, Stengers sets out to explain the consequences of nonlinear dynamics for philosophy and science. She makes a case for the concept of complexity that transcends the conventional boundaries of scientific discourse and that clearly exposes the risks of scientific theories. Among the questions she confronts are: Is psychoanalysis a science? Is there such a thing as "women's science"? What are scientific theories?

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press

Release: October 01, 1997

ISBN: 0816625174

ISBN 13: 9780816625178

Power and Invention: Situating Science

3.8/5 ( ratings)

One of the most penetrating and celebrated thinkers writing about the philosophy of science today, Isabelle Stengers here provides a firsthand account of the meeting of science and history. Concerned with the force and inventiveness of those theories, Power and Invention offers a unique perspective on the power of scientific theories to modify society, and vice versa.Using the law of thermodynamics, Stengers sets out to explain the consequences of nonlinear dynamics for philosophy and science. She makes a case for the concept of complexity that transcends the conventional boundaries of scientific discourse and that clearly exposes the risks of scientific theories. Among the questions she confronts are: Is psychoanalysis a science? Is there such a thing as "women's science"? What are scientific theories?

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press

Release: October 01, 1997

ISBN: 0816625174

ISBN 13: 9780816625178

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