Dear All,

Found a nice article:

The Practice of Science at the Edge of Knowledge
By FREDERICK GRINNELL
http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/FrederickGrinnell/GrinnellWebMisc/practice%20of%2\
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In recent decades, postmodernists and sociologists of science have
argued that science is just one of many human activities with social
and political aims -- comparable to, say, religion or art. They have
questioned the objectivity of science, and whether it has any unique
ability to find the truth. Not surprisingly, such claims have evoked a
negative response from proponents of the traditional view of science;
the debate between the two sides has been called the science wars. In
the debate, scientists have made few attempts to meet the postmodern
critique on its own grounds, through serious reflection on the
everyday practice of science. Yet that is the only way to understand
the nature of science and the features that distinguish science from
other activities. . . .

The author is working on a book on this theme:

Grinnell, F. (in press). Everyday practice of science. NY: Oxford
University Press. [Forthcoming January, 2009]

More information @ the author's Web page:
http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/FrederickGrinnell/reflecting.htm

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