Science and relativism : some key controversies in the philosophy of science /

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In recent years, many members of the intellectual community have embraced a radical relativism regarding knowledge in general and scientific knowledge in particular, holding that Kuhn, Quine, and Feyerabend have knocked the traditional picture of scientific knowledge into a cocked hat. Is philosophy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Laudan, Larry (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
Colección:Science and its conceptual foundations.
Temas:
Science > Philosophy.
Science > History.
Relativity.
Sciences > Histoire.
Relativité.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > General.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Deconstruction.
Relativity
Science
Science > Philosophy
science, relativism, knowledge, philosophy, history, cognition, epistemology, social sciences, humanities, realism, pragmatism, logical positivism, underdetermination, wittgenstein, subjectivity, scientific method, quantum theory, rationality, probability, prediction, instrumentalism, observation, objectivity, naturalism, nonfiction, ontology, language, empiricism.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Note to the Reader; I. Progress and Cumulativity; 2. Theory-ladenness and Underdetermination; 3. Holism; 4. Standards of Success; 5. Incommensurability; 6. Interests and the Social Determinants of Belief; References; Index.

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