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PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE The Responsible Scientist A Philosophical Inquiry JoHn ForGe “John Forge’s book addresses—with clarity, insight, lively writing, and superb use of examples—the responsibilities of scientists for the outcomes of their research. Breaking new ground with his original analysis of responsibility, his analysis is philosophically rigorous and well informed and, at the same time, accessible to interested scientists and the general intellectual public.” —Hugh Lacey, Swarthmore College “Forge has provided extremely strong arguments for scientists to take responsibility for research . . .[he advocates] a responsible, educated scientific community aware of its place in the world.” —Metascience Ending the Mendel-Fisher Controversy edited by AllAn FrAnKlIn, A. W. F. eDWArDS, DAnIel J. FAIrbAnKS, DAnIel l. HArtl, and teDDy SeIDenFelD “The texts are all well written and cogently argued. Every author has something interesting to say; each has a different point of view, and all add to the story. Anyone wishing an informed introduction to the issues involved will find it here.” —Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society the contributors present their conclusions on the legendary controversy surrounding the challenge to Mendel’s findings by british statistician and biologist r. A. Fisher in 1936. Fisher suggested that Mendel’s data could have been falsified in order to support his expectations. beginning in 1964, scholars began to publicly discuss whether Fisher had proven that Mendel’s data was falsified. Since that time, numerous articles, letters, and comments have been published on the controversy. this volume includes an overview of the controversy; the original papers of Mendel and Fisher; four of the most important papers on the debate; and new updates, by the authors, of the latter four papers. taken together, these voices argue for an end to the controversy—making this book the definitive last word on the subject. 2008 • 288 pp. 978-0-8229-4349-5 • Cloth • $39.95 ITEM NO. 516 • SALE PRICE $31.96 eBook available 2008 • 368 pp. 978-0-8229-5986-1 • Paper • $27.95 ITEM NO. 517 • SALE PRICE $22.36 978-0-8229-4319-8 • Cloth • $70.00 ITEM NO. 518 • SALE PRICE $56.00 eBook available 16 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS • History and Philosophy of Science
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