Alfred I. Tauber is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and Zoltan Kohn Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Director of the Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University. The recipient of the 2008 Medal for Science awarded by the University of Bologna for his work on the theoretical development of immunology, Tauber has also published extensively in science studies and bioethics. He is the author or editor of 13 books, including Patient Autonomy and the Ethics of Responsibility, Henry David Thoreau and the Moral Agency of Knowing, and Confessions of a Medicine Man. He lives in Boscawen, New Hampshire.
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Introduction: Concerning Scientific Reason 1. What is Science? 2. Nineteenth-century Positivism 3. The Fall of Positivism 4. The Science Wars 5. Science in its Socio-Political Contexts Conclusion: The Challenge of Coherence
Having one foot planted firmly on each side of what many consider an unbridgeable chasm, Tauber ponders the relationship between the sciences and the humanities. -- "SciTech Book News" Tauber should be lauded for 'explicating philosophies of science' underlying contemporary science studies and for his effort to signpost future directions. If one is interested in a dissenting humanistic voice about science amid all non-humanistic tendencies in our time, Tauber's Science and the Quest for Meaning is well worth reading. --Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen, University of Hull "The International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science"