Science for a Fragile World - Northcott, Robert
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The inherent fragility of our world necessitates that a successful model or theory in one instance may fail in another. Offering a novel re-examination of the philosophy of science, Science for a Fragile World advocates for a Case Worker approach to empirical investigation which emphasises practical know-how and informal knowledge.

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The inherent fragility of our world necessitates that a successful model or theory in one instance may fail in another. Offering a novel re-examination of the philosophy of science, Science for a Fragile World advocates for a Case Worker approach to empirical investigation which emphasises practical know-how and informal knowledge.
Autorenporträt
Robert Northcott is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London. He previously taught for six years at the University of Missouri St Louis. Northcott received his PhD in philosophy from the London School of Economics, also visiting University of California San Diego for two years. He has a BA in mathematics and history from Cambridge, and an MSc in economics from the London School of Economics. Northcott has been Honorary Secretary of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science. He was the founding co-editor of the Cambridge series Elements in Philosophy of Science.