Closer to truth: science, meaning, and the future

by Kuhn, Robert Lawrence

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Title Statements

Full title :Closer to truth : science, meaning, and the future / Robert Lawrence Kuhn

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2007

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Praeger Publishers
Place of Publication:Westport, Conn
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007

The Physical Object

Description:xix, 306 s. ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780275993894, 0275993892
oclc:ocn475276628
LC Classification:Q175.3
Dewey Decimal:303.483

What is closer to truth? -- Is science fiction science? -- Why is music so significant? -- Is consciousness an illusion? -- How does the autistic brain work? -- Does psychiatry have a split personality? -- Who gets to validate alternative medicine? -- Microbes, friend or foe? -- Testing new drugs : are people guinea pigs? -- How does order arise in the universe? -- How weird is the cosmos? -- Is the universe full of life? -- Will computers take a quantum leap? -- How does basic science support national security? -- Can religion withstand technology? -- Can we believe in both religion and science?

Subjects

Critical thinking development History Pensée critique Recherche -- Philosophie Research -- Philosophy Science Science -- history Sciences -- Histoire Scientists -- Psychology Social change