Relations Between Sciences - Hardcover

Pantin, C. F. A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521059097 ISBN 13: 9780521059091

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1968

Synopsis

Professor Pantin's wide range of scientific interests - he was a professional zoologist, an excellent field geologist and widely read in physics - enable him to speak authoritatively concerning the relations between the sciences. In this book, which was originally published in 1968, Professor Pantin pursues the ideas to which he first gave expression in his Tarner Lectures. He explains that the most difficult scientific problems lie in the unrestricted biological sciences, not in the physical, or restricted, sciences. He points out that the basic aim of all scientific research is the classification of attributes and events, and considers why certain kinds of classification are especially acceptable to the human mind, and what are the forces, often unrecognised, which give the impulse to scientific research and influence its direction. The book will appeal both to professional scientists and to philosophers of science.

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Book Description

In this book, which was originally published in 1968, Professor Pantin examines the relations between the sciences. He considers why certain kinds of classification are especially acceptable to the human mind, and what are the forces, often unrecognised, which give the impulse to scientific research and influence its direction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1968
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521059097
• ISBN 13: 9780521059091
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Pantin A. M., Thorpe W. H.