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Cet ouvrage retrace le parcours sinueux et l’échec de la sociobiologie humaine, cette théorie pseudo-scientifique qui anima les débats entre 1975 et 1985 et s’inscrivit comme idéologie scientiste dans l’ensemble des théories sur la nature humaine. Partant d’une analyse épistémologique des concepts de la sociobiologie humaine et de la sociobiologie animale, l’auteur établit la filiation historique de ceux-ci, des modèles et des idées qui les ont historiquement justifiés et de celles qui les justifient encore actuellement, et montre que cette théorie ne saurait prétendre à une institutionnalisation complète ni à aucune reconnaissance de la part du monde scientifique. This volume traces the tortuous path and failure of human socio-biology, the pseudo-scientific theory which sparked debate between 1975 and 1985 and which established itself as a scientistic ideology amongst the body of theories on human nature. Starting from an epistemological analysis of the concepts of human socio-biology and animal socio-biology, the author establishes a historical link between them, the models and ideas which have justified them historically and those which still justify them, and shows that this theory cannot claim to be completely institutionalised or have achieved any recognition in scientific circles.

Sociobiology --- Sociobiologie --- History --- Histoire --- Human population genetics --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Social & Cultural Anthropology --- Sociobiology - History --- Human population genetics - History --- évolution (théorie) --- déterminisme --- altruisme --- sociobiologie --- scientisme --- gène --- Bioéthique --- Humanisme

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Este libro trata sobre el matemático francés Carlos María de La Condamine y su empeño por levantar en la llanura de Yaruquí, cerca de Quito, un monumento conmemorativo de la expedición enviada por la Academia de Ciencias de París al virreinato del Perú, para poner fin al problema de la forma de la tierra que había obsesionado a los científicos europeos durante casi cien años. La disputa está relacionada con cuestiones como profesionalización de la ciencia, el cambio de la posición social del científico, la aparición de nuevos géneros literarios y transformación de la relación entre ciencia y estado. La interpretación presenta los entretelones de una discusión fascinante y demuestra que el conocimiento científico no es sino el resultado de un proceso, condicionado tanto por las ambiciones personales como por las condiciones sociales, políticas y culturales de un periodo especialmente agitado de la historia de las colonias españolas de América.

History --- Charles La Condamine --- Équateur --- expédition scientifique --- pyramide --- récit de voyage --- scientisme --- XVIIIe siècle --- Ecuador --- expedición científica --- pirámide --- narrativa de viajes --- cientificismo --- siglo XVIII --- Equateur

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In Science and Culture, Joseph Agassi addresses scientism and relativism, two false philosophies that divorce science from culture in general and from tradition in particular. According to Agassi, science is an integral part of culture, and both scientism and relativism ignore the cultural value of science. This work helps break the isolation of science from the rest of culture by promoting popular science and reasonable history of science. Agassi provides examples of the value of science to culture at large, discussions of items of the general culture and their interactions with science, and practical strategies and tools. He offers a wide variety of case studies to exemplify these. In this book Agassi puts significant topics such as autonomy, tolerance, reason, philosophy and responsibility on the agenda of democratic philosophy today.

Philosophy of science --- Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Relativism --- Relativisme --- Relativisme (Filosofie) --- Relativisme (Philosophie) --- Relativiteit --- Relativity --- Relativité --- Scientism --- Scientisme --- Sciëntisme --- Relativity. --- Science --- Scientism. --- Philosophy. --- Social aspects. --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Science and society --- Sociology of science --- Normal science --- Reality --- Relationism --- Philosophy --- Social aspects --- Methodology --- Epistemology. --- History. --- Political science. --- History, general. --- Political Science. --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Psychology