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Unity and diversity in science
pp. 404-468
Abstract
The idea of the unity of science is the historically very important idea of total rationality and objectivity.This idea is a Utopian dream, and a rather dangerous one.The Popperian view of rationality as a goal directed, i.e., as problem-solving, method of trial and error is a better view or rationality.Solutions to problems offer the element of unification, and their criticisms offer the element of diversification.
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Published in:
Agassi Joseph (1975) Science in flux. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 404-468
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-1810-4_18
Full citation:
Agassi Joseph (1975) Unity and diversity in science, In: Science in flux, Dordrecht, Springer, 404–468.