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Science, truth, and democracy
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- Creator
- Philip Kitcher
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 219 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780195145830, 0195145836
- OCLC
- ocm47140965
- Unacceptable images -- The world as we find it -- The ideal of objectivity -- The world as we make it -- Mapping reality -- Scientific significance -- The myth of purity -- Constraints on free inquiry -- Organizing inquiry -- Well-ordered science -- Elitism, democracy, and science policy -- Subversive truth and ideals of progress -- The Luddites' laments -- Research in an imperfect world