{"product_id":"sciences-first-mistake-ian-o-angell-9781849660648","title":"Science's First Mistake: Delusions in Pursuit of Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis text deconstructs the process of knowledge discovery and theory construction. Grounded in the tradition of second-order cybernetics, the concept of self-reference is used in the context of systems theory in order to examine the mode in which observation, paradox and delusion become \"structurally coupled\" with cognition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo put this simply, physical scientists take it as a given that all the universe is explainable once we've discovered the underlying rules. Whereas social scientists and philosophers are more sensitive to the issues around how the observer actually impacts that which is being observed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors work in the fields of Information Studies, which is within the technical or physical realm, and Management Studies, which is about human behavior. Their argument is that all scientists (physical and social) rely too much on the absolutism and certainty of the methods of traditional physical science and that we should acknowledge the limitations of how we know what we know. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRooted in information systems analysis this fresh and audacious examination of knowledge discovery and theory construction makes an important contribution to the understanding of how we employ scientific method.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian O. Angell,Dionysios Demetis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849660646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849660648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2011","brand":"Ian O. Angell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065855815935,"sku":"9781849660648","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba81bee9-95bd-4687-87ac-272d7ba677b3.jpg?v=1768677695","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sciences-first-mistake-ian-o-angell-9781849660648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}