Northcott, Robert (2025) Science for a Fragile World (chapter 1). [Preprint]
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Abstract
The concept of fragility is introduced informally. Imagine two worlds. In the first, there is order and reliability, but in the second, laws and causal relations hold only unpredictably. To investigate the first world, it is efficient to develop and test theory in isolation, but to investigate the second, context matters much more and theory must be developed via constant application in the field. Much of our world is like this second world – it is fragile. To be effective in it, scientists need to be case workers more than theorists. It is previewed how the unifying thread of fragility sheds new light on both science and philosophy of science. A summary is also given of each of the book’s chapters.
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