Agassi’s Contribution to the History of Science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10927679 |
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| Authors | Michael Segre (0000-0002-9922-1529, Department of Humanities, Chieti, Italy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 372-379 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of the Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-3931 • E-ISSN: 1552-7441 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00483931221096468 |
| OpenAlex | W4284973528 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Agassi has undertaken the challenge of performing a microanalysis of the works of several scientists, pointing out areas of complexity, raising questions, and criticizing current histories of science. Among the topics he has tackled are Bacon’s philosophy of science, Boyle’s ideology, the rationale of Galileo’s work, Newton’s declared methodology—influential, but misleading—, Faraday’s emancipatory enterprise; and the roots of the quantum revolution. He attempts to reconstruct what scientists did in the immediate context, rather than what they said they did, and highlights difficulties and points of scepticism. Agassi considers many neglected factors that influenced science, taking in the metaphysical, social, anthropological, and even psychological spheres
Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Galileo (satellite navigation) · Ideology · Metaphysics · Philosophy of science · Political science · Politics · Skepticism · Social science · Sociology · Historical Philosophy and Science · History · History of Medicine Studies · History of Science and Medicine · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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