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This is the first critically evaluative study of Gaston Bachelard's philosophy of science to be written in English. Bachelard's professional reputation was based on his philosophy of science, though that aspect of his thought has tended to be neglected by his English-speaking readers. Dr Tiles concentrates here on Bachelard's critique of scientific knowledge. Bachelard emphasised discontinuities in the history of science; in particular he stressed the ways of thinking about and investigating the world to be found in modern science. This, as the author shows, is paralleled by those debates among English-speaking philosophers about the rationality of science and the 'incommensurability' of different theories. To these problems Bachelard might be taken as offering an original solution: rather than see discontinuities as a threat to the objectivity of science, see them as products of the rational advancement of scientific knowledge. Dr Tiles sets out Bachelard's views and critically assesses them, reflecting also on the wider question of how one might assess potentially incommensurable positions in the philosophy of science as well as in science itself.

Bachelard, Gaston, --- Bachelard, Gaston --- Bachelard, Gaston. --- Science --- Philosophy --- Arts and Humanities --- Bachelard, Gaston, - 1884-1962 --- Science - Philosophy

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A thorough account of the philosophy of mathematics. In a cogent account the author argues against the view that mathematics is solely logic.

Mathematics --- Logic of mathematics --- Mathematics, Logic of --- Philosophy. --- Frege, Gottlob, --- Russell, Bertrand, --- Hilbert, David, --- Gilʹbert, D., --- Hilbert, D. --- 希爾伯特, --- Frege, G. --- Fu-lei-ko, --- Frege, Friedrich Gottlob, --- פרגה, גוטלוב, --- Frege, Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob, --- Philosophy --- Russell, Bertrand --- Philosophy of science --- Logic

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Knowledge, Theory of --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Knowledge [Theory of ] --- History

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Technology is no longer confined to the laboratory but has become an established part of our daily lives. Its sophistication offers us power beyond our human capacity which can either dazzle or threaten; it depends who is in control. Living in a Technological Culture challenges traditionally held assumptions about the relationship between `man-and-machine'. It argues that contemporary science does not shape technology but is shaped by it. Neither discipline exists in a moral vacuum, both are determined by politics rather than scientific inquiry. By questioning our existing uses of technology, this book opens up wider debate on the shape of things to come and whether we should be trying to change them now. As an introduction to the philosophy of technology this will be valuable to students, but will be equally engaging for the general reader.

Technology --- Science --- Science and society --- Sociology of science --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Technology and civilization --- Philosophy. --- Social aspects.

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