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Progress and Its Problems: Towards a Theory of Scientific Growth Larry Laudan
Publisher: University of California Press

In other words, you've run up against the limits of our current knowledge; to make any further progress is going to take an innovation that's not yet a part of our scientific lexicon. (ed.), 1982, In Pursuit of Truth. I think Chomsky is wrong to push the needle so far towards theory over facts; in the history of science, the laborious accumulation of facts is the dominant mode, not a novelty. I think there have been some successes, but a lot of Science is a combination of gathering facts and making theories; neither can progress on its own. It's true there's been a lot of work on trying to apply statistical models to various linguistic problems. It is not the raw material used in the formation of practice and theory, it is inevitably the result of it. Image credit: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory / Paul Preuss / Michael Crommie. Their refusal to engage on issues of economic injustice and equity blocks progress towards cooperative solutions to environmental and social ills, and lessens the prospects of achieving mid-to-long term global ecological sustainability. The great unsolved problems of your time look like missing puzzle pieces, while the tools, equations and current theories begin to look like misshapen pieces that don't quite fit where they're supposed to. Laudan, L., 1977, Progress and Its Problems: Towards a Theory of Scientific Growth, London: Routledge. This observational study and literature review aggregate what is known regarding the quantity and quality of terrestrial ecosystems - particularly old-growth and primary forests - necessary to sustain the biosphere. Some references: - Larry Laudan, Progress and its problems: Towards a theory of scientific growth.