Black Boxes: How Science Turns Ignorance Into Knowledge 1st Edition

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Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0190095504
• ISBN-13: 9780190095505
• Author: Marco J. Nathan

This book explores an original conception of the nature and advancement of science. Marco J. Nathan’s proposed shift brings attention to a prominent, albeit often neglected, construct–the black box–which underlies a well-oiled technique for incorporating a productive role of ignorance and failure into the acquisition of empirical knowledge. The black box is a metaphorical term used by scientists for the isolation of a complex phenomenon that they have deliberately set aside or may not yet fully understand. What is a black box? How does it work? How do we construct one? How do we determine what to include and what to leave out? What role do boxes play in contemporary scientific practice? Nathan’s monograph develops an overarching framework for thinking about black boxes and discusses prominent historical cases that used it, including Darwin’s view of inheritance in his theory of evolution and the “stimulus-response model” in psychology, among others.

Table contents:

1. Bricks and Boxes

2. Between Scylla and Charybdis

3. Lessons from the History of Science

4. Placeholders

5. Black-Boxing 101

6. History of Science, Black-Boxing Style

7. Diet Mechanistic Philosophy

8. Emergence Reframed

9. The Fuel of Scientific Progress

10. Sailing through the Strait

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