Timothy McGettigan

Good Science: The Pursuit of Truth and the Evolution of Reality Timothy McGettigan

Drawing upon a sequence of the most important breakthroughs in the history of science, Good Science develops a ground-breaking argument about the evolution of social reality. From Galileo, to Darwin, Einstein and beyond, landmark achievements in science have transformed the way that we perceive and live in the real world. Indeed, science routinely transcends the boundaries of lived reality; transforming what was once fantasy, such as space travel or thinking computers, into commonplace features of everyday reality. Though science has routinely produced marvels of thought and technology, scientific achievements have also brought about dire threats to human existence, such as overpopulation, ecological disaster, and nuclear annihilation. As such, science must be understood as the most important, and simultaneously, the most hazardous invention that humans have ever conceived. Indeed, some have argued that, due to the unforeseen ills that it has introduced, science is a fundamentally destructive endeavor. Nevertheless, Good Science asserts that the fortunes of humanity have always been closely associated with the pursuit of more and better knowledge: truth. Thus, imperfect as it may be, science offers the most efficacious means of confronting global crises, redefining reality and creating the abundant opportunities for humanity to thrive in the future.
Website: goodscience.sociology.org