Scientific Irrationalism

David Stove

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Encounter Books,USA
15 January 2025

Science: general issues; Philosophy of science; History of science

Series: Broken Science Books

In fewer than two-hundred pages, David Stove leaves the well-established and widely regarded edifice of the academic philosophy of science in smoldering ruins.

This book provides a modern history of scientific reasoning, from David Hume's inductive skepticism to Karl Popper's outright denial of induction, to the increasingly irrational and absurd scientific views that followed. When Popper untethered science from induction, Stove argues, he triggered a postmodernist nightmare of utter nonsense culminating in Paul Feyerabend's summation that ""anything goes"" when it comes to defining or describing science.

With undeniable logic, a deft analysis of the linguistic slight-of-hand that make absurd arguments seem reasonable, and regular displays of wit, Stove gives the reader a front row seat to one of the greatest unforced errors in the history of modern thought.

Stove's views are entirely consistent with the origins of scientific inference and logic, as well as modern advances in probability theory, and yet he remains largely unnoticed by most of the academic world. From Stove's insider-outsider perspective, the train wreck that is academically accepted philosophy of science and ""science studies"" is a fascinating and thoroughly entertaining subject of study.

Scientific Irrationalismand what it is not.

By: David Stove
Imprint: Encounter Books,USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm,
ISBN: 9781641773874
ISBN 10: 1641773871
Series: Broken Science Books
Publication Date: 15 January 2025
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Charles StoveStove's major works include Scientific Irrationalism, The Rationality of Induction, and Darwinian Fairytales, in which he critiques Darwinian evolutionary theory. His writing style was known for its clarity, wit, and uncompromising stance against what he viewed as the absurdities of contemporary philosophical trends.

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