TY - BOOK AU - Alfred I. Tauber AU - Alfred I. Tauber TI - Science And The Quest For Reality: : (main trends of the modern world) SN - 9780333646328 U1 - 501 PY - 1996/// CY - London PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Science And Its World View KW - Scientific realism KW - Scientific change N2 - Science and the Quest for Reality is an interdisciplinary anthology that situates contemporary science within its complex philosophical, historical, and sociological contexts. The anthology is divided between, firstly, characterizing science as an intellectual activity and, secondly, defining its social role. The philosophical and historical vicissitudes of science's truth claims has raised profound questions concerning the role of science in society beyond its technological innovations ER -