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Social constructionists maintain that we invent the properties of the world rather than discover them. Is reality constructed by our own activity? Do we collectively invent the world rather than discover it?André Kukla presents a comprehensive discussion of the philosophical issues that arise out o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kukla, André, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Colección:Philosophical issues in science.
Temas:
Science > Philosophy.
Constructivism (Philosophy)
Constructivisme (Philosophie)
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Konstruktivismus.
Wissenschaftstheorie
Konstruktivismus > Philosophie
Konstruktivismus > Soziologie
Wetenschapsfilosofie.
Kennissociologie.
Constructivisme.
Constructivisme (philosophie)
Sciences > Philosophie.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Defining constructivism
  • Constructivism and the sociology of scientific knowledge
  • The varieties of dependence
  • The varieties of constitutive constructivisms
  • The empirical case for constructivism
  • The a priori case for constructivism
  • Three brief and inadequate objections to constructivism
  • The problem of misrepresentation
  • Constructive empiricism and social constructivism
  • The infinite regress of constructions
  • The Duhemian asymmetry
  • The problem of the two societies
  • Constructivism and time
  • Constructivism and logic
  • Relativism
  • Semantic constructivism
  • Irrationalism.

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