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Synopsis
Knowledge and Reference in Empirical Science is a fascinating study of the bounds between science and language: in what sense, and of what, does science provide knowledge? Is science an instrument only distantly related to what's real? Can the language of science be used to adequately describe the truth?
In this book, Jodi Azziouni investigates the technology of science - the actual forging and exploiting of causal links, between ourselves and what we endeavor to know and understand.
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Haunting the bounds between science and language, Azzouni (philosophy, Tufts U.) explores in what sense science provides knowledge; whether it is to be taken literally; whether it is an instrument only distantly related to reality; and whether the language of science can be used to describe the truth adequately. He begins by investigating the technology of science as actually forging and exploiting causal links between people and what they endeavor to refer to and know. He challenges notions that scientific laws can be at best only approximate and at worst wrong. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)