Article ID: CBB001252226

Between the Under-Labourer and the Master-Builder: Observations on Bunge's Method (2012)

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Agassi, Joseph (Author)


Science and Education
Volume: 21, no. 10
Issue: 10
Pages: 1405-1418


Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, “Mario Bunge: Evaluations of His Systematic Philosophy”
Language: English

Mario Bunge has repeatedly discussed contributions to philosophy and to science that are worthless at best and dangerous at worst, especially cases of pseudo-science. He clearly gives his reason in his latest essay on this matter: The fact that science can be faked to the point of deceiving science lovers suggests the need for a rigorous sifting device. Moreover, this sifting has its rewards, as sometimes intellectual gold comes mixed with muck. Furthermore, the sifting device is a demarcation of science, which answers interesting questions: what is valuable in science and what makes it tick? The question is under dispute. So before coming to it we should admit a few preliminary ideas that are more difficult to contest than ideas that purport to demarcate science.

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Authors & Contributors
Matthews, Michael R.
Miyake, Teru
Karam, Ricardo
Wan, Poe Yu-ze
Virues-Ortega, Javier
Vázquez de Benito, María de la Concepción
Concepts
Philosophy of science
Physics
Biographies
Quantum mechanics
Science
Neurosciences
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
Medieval
19th century
17th century
Places
Argentina
Latin America
Italy
Canada
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