Defending Science – Within Reason by Susan Haack, Prometheus, $28, ISBN 1591021170 Reviewed by Robert Crease
IF you regard science as not merely one cultural phenomenon among many others but as a manifestation of human enquiry at its best and an invaluable tool for navigating a complex and perilous world, then for years you have been dogged by a serious problem. The proponents of this view have tended to be narrow, naive, pedantic and, worst of all, dull. Representatives of the opposition, who claimed that science was at bottom a power grab, a swindle, or mere networking, were not always convincing…
