Humanizing Science and Philosophy of Science: George Sarton, Contextualist Philosophies of Science, and the Indigenous/Science Project.
A century ago historian of science George Sarton argued that "science is our greatest treasure, but it needs to be humanized or it will do more harm than good" (1924). The systematic cultivation of an "historical spirit," a philosophical appreciation of the dynamic nature of scientific inquiry, and...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Journal of Philosophy Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 256 - 279 |
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Cambridge University Press
Apr2022
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