TY - BOOK ID - 1517668 TI - Science and culture PY - 2003 VL - 231 SN - 1402011563 9048162343 9401729468 PB - Dordrecht Kluwer Academic DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy of science KW - Philosophy and psychology of culture KW - Relativism KW - Relativisme KW - Relativisme (Filosofie) KW - Relativisme (Philosophie) KW - Relativiteit KW - Relativity KW - Relativité KW - Scientism KW - Scientisme KW - Sciëntisme KW - Relativity. KW - Science KW - Scientism. KW - Philosophy. KW - Social aspects. KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Science and society KW - Sociology of science KW - Normal science KW - Reality KW - Relationism KW - Philosophy KW - Social aspects KW - Methodology KW - Epistemology. KW - History. KW - Political science. KW - History, general. KW - Political Science. KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Annals KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - Epistemology KW - Theory of knowledge KW - Psychology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1517668 AB - 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. ER -