Person: Holton, Gerald
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Publication Einstein, history, and other passions : the rebellion against science at the end of the twentieth century
(Harvard University Press, 2000) Holton, GeraldPublication Subelectrons, presuppositions, and the Millikan-Ehrenhaft dispute
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978) Holton, GeraldPublication Candor and Integrity in Science
(Springer Verlag, 2005) Holton, GeraldIn the pursuit of researches and in the reporting of their results, the individual scientist as well as the community of fellow professionals rely implicitly on the researcher embracing the habit of truthfulness, a main pillar of the ethos of science. Failure to adhere to the twin imperatives of candor and integrity will be adjudged intolerable and, by virtue of science’s self-policing mechanisms, rendered the exception to the rule. Yet both as philosophical concepts and in practice, candor and integrity are complex, difficult to define clearly, and difficult to convey easily to those entering on scientific careers. Therefore it is useful to present operational examples of two major scientists who exemplified devotion to candor and integrity in scientific research.
Publication On Paul Tillich at Harvard
(2012) Holton, GeraldPublication Science and anti-science
(Harvard University Press, 1993) Holton, GeraldPublication Victory and vexation in science: Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, and others
(Harvard University Press, 2005) Holton, GeraldPublication Perspectives on the Thematic Analysis of Scientific Thought
(Harvard University Press, 2005) Holton, GeraldPublication The scientific imagination
(Harvard University Press, 1998) Holton, GeraldPublication Ernst Mach and the Fortunes of Positivism in America
(The University of Chicago Press, 1992-03) Holton, GeraldPublication Einstein and the “Crucial” Experiment
(American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), 1969-10) Holton, GeraldThis paper was presented on 5 February 1969 at a joint symposium of the AAPT and APS on the history and philosophy of physics, held during the AAPT-APS annual meeting.