Prematurity in scientific discovery : on resistance and neglect

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Prematurity in scientific discovery : on resistance and neglect

edited by Ernest B. Hook

University of California Press, c2002

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Originated from a symposium held at the University of California at Berkeley, 5-7 Dec. 1997

Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

For centuries, observers have noted the many obstacles to intellectual change in science. In a much-discussed paper published in "Scientific American" in 1972, molecular biologist Gunther Stent proposed an explicit criterion for one kind of obstacle to scientific discovery. He denoted a claim or hypothesis as "premature" if its implications cannot be connected to canonical knowledge by a simple series of logical steps. Further, Stent suggested that it was appropriate for the scientific community to ignore such hypotheses so that it would not be overwhelmed by vast numbers of false leads. In this volume, eminent scientists, physicians, historians, social scientists, and philosophers respond to Stent's thesis.

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List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments List of Contributors Part 1. Introduction 1. A Background to Prematurity and Resistance to "Discovery" 2. Prematurity in Scientific Discovery Part 2. Observer and Participant Accounts 3. Prematurity, Nuclear Fission, and the Transuranium Actinide Elements 4. Resistance to Change and New Ideas in Physics: A Personal Perspective 5. The Timeliness of the Discoveries of the Three Modes of Gene Transfer in Bacteria 6. Scotoma: Forgetting and Neglect in Science Part 3. Historical Perspectives Section A. Relatively Unproblematic Exemplars 7. Prematurity and Delay in the Prevention of Scurvy 8. A Triptych to Serendip: Prematurity and Resistance to Discovery in the Earth Sciences 9. Theories of an Expanding Universe: Implications of Their Reception for the Concept of Scientific Prematurity 10. Interdisciplinary Dissonance and Nuclear Fission: Ida Noddack and the Premature Suggestion of Nuclear Splitting Section B. Disputable Cases 11. Michael Polanyi's Theory of Surface Adsorption: How Premature? 12. Prematurity and the Dynamics of Scientific Change 13. Barbara McClintock's Controlling Elements: Premature Discovery or Stillborn Theory? 14. The Work of Joseph Adams and Archibald Garrod: Possible Examples of Prematurity in Human Genetics Part 4. Natural Selection and Evolution from the Perspective of Prematurity 15. The Prematurity of Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection 16. Prematurity, Evolutionary Biology, and the Historical Sciences Part 5. Perspectives from the Vantage Point of the Social Sciences 17. Prematurity in Political "Science": Three Paradigms 18. The Impact and Fate of Gunther Stent's Prematurity Thesis 19. Premature Discovery Is Failure of Intersection among Social Worlds Part 6. Philosophical Perspectives 20. Fleck, Kuhn, and Stent: Loose Reflections on the Notion of Prematurity 21. The Concept of Prematurity and the Philosophy of Science Part 7. Closing Considerations 22. Prematurity and Promise: Why Was Stent's Notion of Prematurity Itself So Premature? 23. Reflections on Hull's Remarks 24. Comments 25. Extensions and Complexities: In Defense of Prematurity in Scientific Discovery Index Contributors: Kenneth J. Carpenter, Nathaniel Comfort, Elihu Gerson, Michael Ghiselin, William Glen, Norris S. Hetherington, Frederic L. Holmes, Ernest B. Hook, David Hull, Martin Jones, Ilana Lowy, Arno G. Motulsky, Gonzalo Munevar, Mary Jo Nye, Michael Ruse, Oliver Sacks, Glenn T. Seaborg, Gunther S. Stent, Lawrence Stern, Charles H. Townes, George Von der Muhll, Norton Zinder

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