Science's First Mistake: Delusions in Pursuit of Theory

by Dionysios Demetis and Ian O. Angell

Taking examples from across the natural and social sciences, this ambitious book examines the deep-seated assumptions that underpin the discovery of knowledge, and claims that all scientific methods are delusions in pursuit of theory. Using Systems Theory, in particular the concept of self-reference, the book argues that the process of observing tricks the human mind into developing a self-consistent description of itself; and a belief in the certainty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780932332
• ISBN13: 9781780932330
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"