Wild Knowledge : Science, Language, and Social Life in a Fragile Environment

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Science is an incoherent form of knowledge, and, despite technical proficiency, it is conceptually wrong, wrong about nature, and wrong about knowledge" (p. 3). With this radical premise, Will Wright's intentions in this book are to challenge the.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wright, Will
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1988.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Language and languages.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Human ecology > Philosophy.
Environmental policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
environmental policy.
languages (study discipline)
sociology of knowledge.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale.
Langage et langues.
Sociologie de la connaissance.
Écologie humaine > Philosophie.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Preface; Introduction: Ecological Incoherence; ONE: The Desperate Privilege of Science; TWO: Belief Systems; THREE: Nature as Politics; FOUR: The Mathematics of Knowledge; FIVE: The Knowing Individual; SIX: Scientific Social Theory; SEVEN: The Dilemma of Rationality; EIGHT: The Reference to Language; NINE: The Ecology of Language; References; Index.

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