Beyond Relativism [Book Review]

Review of Metaphysics 48 (4):911-912 (1995)
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Masters attacks the following theses: Science is ahistorical. Scientific knowledge is value-free. The proper model of science is linear regularities. Behavior should be explained on a nature versus nurture dichotomy. The proper goal of science is the conquest of nature.

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