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Philosophy of Science, History of Science, and Science Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2022

Robert Palter
Robert Palter*
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University of Texas at Austin
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Since I have had the privilege of reading the remarks of my fellow-symposiasts before writing out my own, I should like to begin by making the briefest of comments on each of their contributions. Professor Petrie raises the Kantian-like question of how science education is possible – or, more precisely, how, if all observation is theory-laden, science education is possible. His intriguing answer is that “Science education is possible with the aid of the humanistic tool of metaphor.” I find it difficult to asses this formulation without further examples of its concrete application to actual pedagogical problems in the natural sciences.

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Symposium: Science Education and the Philosophy of Science
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PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association , Volume 1974 , 1974 , pp. 313 - 321
Copyright
Copyright © 1976 by D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht-Holland

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