Prematurity in Scientific Discovery: On Resistance and NeglectErnest B. Hook "In preparing this remarkable book, Ernest Hook persuaded an eminent group of scientists, historians, sociologists and philosophers to focus on the problem: why are some discoveries rejected at a particular time but later seen to be valid? The interaction of these experts did not produce agreement on 'prematurity' in science but something more valuable: a collection of fascinating papers, many of them based on new research and analysis, which sometimes forced the author to revise a previously-held opinion. The book should be enthusiastically welcomed by all readers who are interested in how science works."—Stephen G. Brush, co-author of Physics, The Human Adventure: From copernicus to Einstein and Beyond "Prematurity and Scientific Discovery contains interesting and insightful papers by numerous well-known scientists and scholars. It will be of wide interest, not only to science studies scholars but also to working scientists and to science-literate general readers."—Thomas Nickles, editor of Scientific Discovery, Logic, and Rationality |
Contents
Prematurity in Scientific Discovery | 22 |
Prematurity Nuclear Fission and the Transuranium Actinide Elements | 37 |
The Timeliness of the Discoveries of the Three Modes of Gene Transfer | 59 |
Forgetting and Neglect in Science | 70 |
Relatively Unproblematic Examples | 85 |
How Premature? | 151 |
I2 Prematurity and the Dynamics of Scientific Change | 164 |
Premature Discovery | 175 |
I5 The Prematurity of Darwins Theory of Natural Selection | 213 |
I6 Prematurity Evolutionary Biology and the Historical Sciences | 239 |
I7 The Prematurity of Prematurity in Political Science | 253 |
I9 Premature Discovery Is Failure of Intersection among Social Worlds | 280 |
Loose Reflections on the Notion of Prematurity | 295 |
Why Was Stents Notion of Prematurity | 329 |
Reflections on Hulls Remarks | 342 |
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