ISBN:
9780674065741
,
0674065743
Language:
English
Pages:
314 S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Isaac, Joel, 1978 - Working Knowledge
DDC:
300.71/17444
Keywords:
Harvard University History
;
Social sciences Research
;
Social sciences Study and teaching
;
Universities and colleges History
;
Harvard Universität
;
Sozialwissenschaft
;
Lernen
;
Lehren
;
Cambridge
;
Geschichte
;
Harvard University
;
History
;
Social sciences
;
Study and teaching
;
Massachusetts
;
Cambridge
;
Social sciences
;
Research
;
Massachusetts
;
Cambridge
;
Universities and colleges
;
Massachusetts
;
Cambridge
;
History
;
Sozialwissenschaften
;
Geisteswissenschaften
;
Erkenntnis
;
Wissen
;
Praxis
Abstract:
Prologue: crafting knowledge in the human sciences -- The interstitial academy : Harvard and the rise of the American university -- Making a case : the Harvard Pareto circle -- What do the science-makers do? : migrations of operationism -- Radical translation : W. V. Quine and the reception of logical empiricism -- The levellers : Harvard's social scientists from World War to Cold War -- Lessons of the revolution : history, sociology, and philosophy of science -- Epilogue: the great disembedding -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Description / Table of Contents:
Prologue: crafting knowledge in the human sciences -- The interstitial academy : Harvard and the rise of the American university -- Making a case : the Harvard Pareto circle -- What do the science-makers do? : migrations of operationism -- Radical translation : W. V. Quine and the reception of logical empiricism -- The levellers : Harvard's social scientists from World War to Cold War -- Lessons of the revolution : history, sociology, and philosophy of science -- Epilogue: the great disembedding -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=38968
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